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In 1930 and 1931, the N&W turned out their Y5 class 2-8-8-2's (Nos. 2090–2109) from their East End Shops in Roanoke, Virginia. [2] The Y5s were step-up designs of the previous Y4 class locomotives, which, in turn, were copies of the United States Railroad Administration 's (USRA) 2-8-8-2 design , but the Y5s were developed to the point they ...
The 4-6-4+4-6-4 was the fifth most common Garratt wheel arrangement, with 84 locomotives constructed, 74 by Garratt patent owner Beyer, Peacock & Company between 1936 and 1950 and ten under sub-contract from Beyer, Peacock by Belgian manufacturer Société Franco-Belge in 1952. [1] [2] Only three railway systems used this wheel arrangement.
Locomotives classified 4-6-4 under the Whyte notation of locomotive axle arrangements. The equivalent UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements is 2C2 or 2'C2' . Subcategories
The UIC classification is refined to (2'C)C2' for simple articulated locomotives. Challengers were most common in the Union Pacific Railroad , but many other railroads ordered them as well. An expansion for the Union Pacific Challenger class was the Union Pacific Big Boy class, being a 4-8-8-4 , instead of a 4-6-6-4.
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4-4-6 locomotive. A 4-4-6, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is a locomotive with: four (4) leading wheels (at the front of the locomotive) four (4) driving wheels (2 axles) fixed in a rigid frame, and; six (6) trailing wheels (normally mounted in a trailing truck).
Pages in category "4-6-2 locomotives" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 217 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
4-6-4-4 wheel arrangement The PRR Q1 6130 - the only locomotive with this wheel arrangement In Whyte notation , a 4-6-4-4 is a railroad steam locomotive that has four leading wheels followed by six coupled driving wheels , a second set of four driving wheels and four trailing wheels .