2-4-4-0

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In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotive wheel arrangement, a 2-4-4-0 is a locomotive with two leading wheels, two sets of four driving wheels, and no trailing wheels. Examples of this type were constructed as Mallet locomotives.

Examples[]

The and the each possessed 2-4-4-0 Mallet locomotives. The Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques built three for the Vivarais system in 1908 and two for the Lozère system in 1909.[1]

Equivalent classifications[]

Other equivalent classifications are:

  • UIC classification: 1BB (also known as German classification and Italian classification)
  • French classification: 120+020
  • Turkish classification: 23+22
  • Swiss classification: 2/3+2/2
  • : 1-2-0+0-2-0

The UIC classification is 1B'B.

References[]

  1. ^ Organ, John (2000). "Chapter 3, p3 (unnumbered)". Southern France Narrow Gauge. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-47-8.


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