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  2. 6-8-6 - Wikipedia

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    Front of locomotive to the left The single S2, No. 6200, in a PRR promotional image.. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, 6-8-6 represents the arrangement of six unpowered leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels, and six unpowered trailing wheels.

  3. Pennsylvania Railroad class S2 - Wikipedia

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    S2 6-8-6 Steam Turbine (2014, in Russian) Pennsylvania Railroad patent drawings (January 20, 2012 Classic Trains Magazine) "Presenting a Line of Modern Coal-Burning Steam Locomotives, December 1944" - A promotional booklet put out by the PRR in 1949 showcasing the railroads latest steam locomotives. Archived 2017-12-14 at the Wayback Machine

  4. Category:6-8-6 locomotives - Wikipedia

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    Steam locomotives of the 6-8-6 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation. Pages in category "6-8-6 locomotives" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.

  5. Chesapeake and Ohio class H-8 - Wikipedia

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    The Chesapeake and Ohio class H-8 was a class of 60 simple articulated 2-6-6-6 steam locomotives built by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio between 1941 and 1948, operating until the mid 1950s. The locomotives were among the most powerful steam locomotives ever built and hauled fast, heavy freight trains for the railroad.

  6. 2-6-6-6 - Wikipedia

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    Two classes of 2-6-6-6 locomotives were built: the sixty H-8 "Allegheny" class locomotives for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) between 1941 and 1948, [1] and the eight AG "Blue Ridge" class locomotives for the Virginian Railway in 1945. [2] (The locomotives were Series AG on the Virginian.

  7. 2-6-8-0 - Wikipedia

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    A 2-6-8-0 steam locomotive, in the Whyte notation for describing locomotive wheel arrangements, has two leading wheels, a set of six driving wheels, a set of eight driving wheels, and no trailing wheels. These locomotives usually employ the Mallet principle of articulation, with a swinging front engine and a rigidly attached rear engine.

  8. GWR 6800 Class 6880 Betton Grange - Wikipedia

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    GWR 6800 Class No. 6880 Betton Grange is a steam locomotive built between 1998 and 2024 as a "new-build" project, originally based on the Llangollen Railway in Denbighshire, Wales, then subsequently at Tyseley Locomotive Works.

  9. Southern Pacific Class P-8 - Wikipedia

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    In all, a total of 15 locomotives of what had become the Southern Pacific Class P-8 were ever constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1921 and they were all numbered as 2461-2475. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They were designed to be used on the Southern Pacific specifically for the Overland Route from Ogden, Utah , to Oakland, California .