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In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotive wheel arrangement, a 2-4-4-0 is a locomotive with two leading wheels, two sets of four driving wheels, and no trailing wheels. Examples of this type were constructed as Mallet locomotives.
Because of its popularity for a period with English railways, noted railway author C. Hamilton Ellis considered the 2-4-0 designation to have the nickname (under the Whyte notation) of Old English. During 1846–47, Alexander Allan of the newly established London and North Western Railway (LNWR) created the Crewe type of locomotive, with a 2-2 ...
Locomotives classified 2-4-0 under the Whyte notation of locomotive axle arrangements. The equivalent UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements is 1B or 1'B. Contents
0-4-0+0-4-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement , 2-4-0+0-4-2 is an articulated locomotive , usually of the Garratt type. The wheel arrangement is effectively two 2-4-0 locomotives operating back to back, with the boiler and cab suspended between the two power units.
Swiss classification: 2/3+2/3 For a Mallet locomotive the UIC classification is refined to (1'B)B1' A similar wheel arrangement has been used for Garratt locomotives , but it is referred to as 2-4-0+0-4-2 since both engine units can pivot.
Built by the Vulcan Foundry, it was later altered to a 2-4-0 tender locomotive. Named after the insect, the hornet. Kaiser (1862–1872) Built by Kitson & Co. A kaiser was an emperor of Austria or Germany. Khan (1862–1872) Built by Kitson & Co. A khan was an Asian leader. Laurel (1864–1872) Built at Swindon, it ran as a 2-4-0 tender locomotive.
The 2-2-2-0 wheel arrangement was first used on some locomotives introduced on the Eastern Counties Railway by John Chester Craven between 1845 and 1847, and some Crampton locomotives on the South Eastern Railway in 1849. [4] However the 2-2-2-0 type is usually associated with Francis Webb of the London and North Western Railway who between ...
Altogether 37 4-4-0 locomotives were owned by the Cambrian at one time or another, of which 35 passed to the Great Western Railway (GWR) at the start of 1922. The last was withdrawn in 1933. In addition there was a class of six 4-4-0 tank locomotives introduced in 1905, four of which were not rebuilt as tender locomotives.