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Many 4-8-2 locomotives were therefore built for dual service. [citation needed] About 2,200 Mountain type locomotives were built for 41 American railroads. With 600 4-8-2 locomotives, the largest user in the United States was the New York Central Railroad (NYC). The Water Level Route eschewed the hilly moniker in favor of Mohawk type. [32]
Southern Pacific Railroad's AC-11 class of cab forward steam locomotives was the seventh class of 4-8-8-2 locomotives ordered by Southern Pacific (SP) from Baldwin Locomotive Works; [1] SP was so pleased with the AC-10 class built a year earlier that the railroad began placing orders for AC-11s while the AC-10s were still being built and ...
Pages in category "4-8-2 locomotives" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. ... South African Class 3 4-8-2; South African Class 3A 4-8-2;
Railroad Quantity Class Road numbers Notes Missouri Pacific Railroad: 7: MT-69: 5301–5307: Built 1919 by ALCO.All scrapped, 1943-1947. Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 4-8-8-2 is a locomotive with four leading wheels, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a two-wheel trailing truck. Other equivalent classifications are: UIC classification: 2DD1 (also known as German classification and Italian classification) French classification: 240+041
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The largest steam locomotive built in Europe was a 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt, built by Beyer, Peacock and Company for the Soviet Railways in 1932. The most numerous Garratt class in the world was also a Double Mountain, the Class GMA and GMAM of the South African Railways, of which 120 were built between 1954 and 1958. [2] [3] [4] [5]