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There were only two classes of 4-8-4+4-8-4 steam locomotives worldwide, all of which were constructed by Beyer, Peacock & Company, the owners of the Garratt patent. [1]The predecessor 4-8-2+2-8-4 Double Mountain was likely the optimal Garratt wheel arrangement, with the four-wheeled leading bogies and the two-wheeled trailing trucks on each engine unit ensuring stability at speed and with ...
A 2-8-8-4 steam locomotive, under the Whyte notation, has two leading wheels, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck. The type was generally named the Yellowstone , a name given it by the first owner, the Northern Pacific Railway , whose lines ran near Yellowstone National Park .
In 1929 and 1930, the South African Railways placed eight Class GL Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-8-2+2-8-4 Double Mountain type wheel arrangement in service. Built by Beyer, Peacock & Company in Manchester , England, they were originally designed to work on the Durban to Cato Ridge section of the Natal mainline.
Cincinnati saw a total snowfall of 8.4 inches of snow Sunday. That broke the daily record of 6.9 inches set in 1977, the National Weather Service said. Dayton saw 2.7 inches of snow Sunday, tying ...
WASHINGTON/NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -Law-enforcement officials in U.S. cities were beefing up security on Thursday after a deadly attack in New Orleans and an explosion outside a Trump hotel in Las ...
The 2-6-6-6 (in Whyte notation) is an articulated locomotive type with two leading wheels, two sets of six driving wheels and six trailing wheels. Only two classes of the 2-6-6-6 type were built. One was the "Allegheny" class , built by the Lima Locomotive Works .
The Atlanta Fed upgraded its gross domestic product growth estimate for the fourth quarter to a 3.2% annualized rate from a 2.7% pace earlier. The economy grew at a 2.8% rate in the third quarter.
They were members of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference and finished the season 29–7 with a 16–2 record in Sun Belt play to finish tied for first in the East Division. [1] The team won the Sun Belt Basketball tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament , where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen . [ 2 ]