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The final class of 2-6-6-4s was the Norfolk and Western Railway's A class, built starting in 1936. 43 were built until 1950 but were operated until 1959 to prepare the ending of steam power. The powerful 2-6-6-4s were capable of more than 5,000 drawbar horsepower at 45 mph (72 km/h) and could reach 70 mph (110 km/h), while pulling heavy coal ...
The Norfolk and Western A was a class of 43 2-6-6-4 simple articulated steam locomotives built by the railroad's own Roanoke Shops between 1936 and 1950 and operated until the late 1950s. The locomotives hauled fast and heavy freight trains for the railroad and only one has been preserved, No. 1218 .
The Lionel Corporation used the 2-6-4 wheel arrangement in many of its model steam locomotives, including the 2037 used in the infamous pastel-coloured Girls' Train. [9] Their 2-6-4 model was based on the Pennsylvania Railroad’s K4 class pacific, even though this was a 4-6-2 rather than a 2-6-4. [10]
Beyond the Gates is an upcoming American television soap opera created by Michele Val Jean which will begin broadcast on CBS in February 2025, as part of their daytime programming block. Set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington, D.C. , the serial will center around the Duprees, a multi-generational African-American family in ...
In Whyte notation, a 2-4-6 is a steam locomotive with two unpowered leading wheels followed by four powered driving wheels and six unpowered trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement was only used for tank locomotives; no 2-4-6 tender locomotives were made.
Ffestiniog Railway Double Fairlie 0-4-4-0T No. 8 James Spooner. A new locomotive built to replace Earl of Merioneth reusing the name of a double Fairlie withdrawn in 1928. [16] [17] Completed on October 6, 2023. Southwold Railway 2-4-0T, No. 3 Blyth, replica of original locomotive with same name and number. [18] LB&SCR H2 class 4-4-2 No. 32424 ...
A 2-4-6-2 steam locomotive, in the Whyte notation for describing locomotive wheel arrangements, has a two-wheel leading truck, one set of four driving wheels, one set of six driving wheels, and a two-wheel trailing truck. Other equivalent classifications are: UIC classification (also known as German classification): 1BC1
Mantua HO scale model of 2-6-6-2 steam locomotive, lettered for Great Northern Railway. The 2-6-6-2 wheel arrangement was fairly popular among model railroaders during the period when brass models were being imported in large quantities from Japan and Korea. Among the leading examples in HO scale were the following. [71]