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  2. Norfolk and Western 611 - Wikipedia

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    A drawing design of the N&W class J locomotive. After the outbreak of World War II, the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) mechanical engineering team developed a new locomotive—the streamlined class J 4-8-4 Northern—to handle rising mainline passenger traffic over the Blue Ridge Mountains, especially on steep grades in Virginia and West Virginia.

  3. Wheel arrangement - Wikipedia

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    In rail transport, a wheel arrangement or wheel configuration is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed under a locomotive. [1] Several notations exist to describe the wheel assemblies of a locomotive by type, position, and connections, with the adopted notations varying by country.

  4. Cedar train wreck - Wikipedia

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    The MOW crew had to disconnect the locomotive from its tender and rerail it one set of wheels at a time. [9] On the afternoon of January 26, No. 611 was finally back on the rails and towed to Williamson for inspection. [5] [9] The locomotive's skirting panels, running boards, valve gear parts, and other appliance parts were torn off from its ...

  5. 4-4-6-4 - Wikipedia

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    A 4-4-6-4, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is one that has four leading wheels followed by four coupled driving wheels, a second set of six coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels. The Pennsylvania Railroad's Q2 class were the

  6. Driving wheel - Wikipedia

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    The number of driving wheels on locomotives varied quite a bit. Some early locomotives had as few as two driving wheels (one axle). The largest number of total driving wheels was 24 (twelve axles) on the 2-8-8-8-2 and 2-8-8-8-4 locomotives. The largest number of coupled driving wheels was 14 (seven axles) on the ill-fated AA20 4-14-4 locomotive.

  7. Pennsylvania Railroad class T1 - Wikipedia

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    Photos of PRR 4-4-4-4 locomotives; An N Scale PRR T1 4-4-4-4 scratch building project; A group that intends to build a full-size PRR T1; YouTube video displaying the operation of T1's on the Pennsylvania Railroad - At 3 minutes and 15 seconds, an example of the T1's infamous wheel slip can be observed.

  8. Norfolk and Western J class (1941) - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1930s, the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) K2 and K2a 4-8-2 "Mountains" could not handle the rising passenger traffic after the Great Depression abated, so the N&W opted for a more powerful and fancy-looking passenger steam locomotive. [3] [4] The N&W mechanical department team originally considered a class N 4-8-4 type, but ...

  9. 4-4-4 - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian Pacific Railway built two classes of 4-4-4 "Jubilee" locomotives. Both were semi-streamlined, in a similar fashion to the 4-6-4 " Royal Hudson " and 2-10-4 " Selkirk " locomotives. The F2a was styled after the Milwaukee Road "Hiawatha" 4-4-2 "Atlantic", but with a four-wheel trailing truck to support a longer firebox.

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