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Only the South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4 Double Mountain was more numerous at 120 locomotives. [ 3 ] The 15th class was a development of the RR 16th class 2-8-2+2-8-2 Garratts, to meet a requirement for a locomotive with a larger driving wheel diameter for higher speed train service on the more level parts of the railway.
Swiss classification: 3/5+3/5. The UIC classification is refined to (2'C)C2' for simple articulated locomotives. Challengers were most common in the Union Pacific Railroad, but many other railroads ordered them as well. An expansion for the Union Pacific Challenger class was the Union Pacific Big Boy class, being a 4-8-8-4, instead of a 4-6-6-4.
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4-4-6 locomotive. A 4-4-6, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is a locomotive with: four (4) leading wheels (at the front of the locomotive) four (4) driving wheels (2 axles) fixed in a rigid frame, and; six (6) trailing wheels (normally mounted in a trailing truck).
No. 1218 is the sole survivor of the Norfolk and Western's class A locomotives and the only surviving 2-6-6-4 steam locomotive in the world. While smaller than Union Pacific's famous and more numerous "Challenger" class of 4-6-6-4 locomotives, Norfolk and Western's design racked up unmatched records of performance in service.
The name "Challenger" was given to steam locomotives with a 4-6-6-4 wheel arrangement: four wheels in the leading pilot truck to guide the locomotive into curves, two sets of six driving wheels, and four trailing wheels to support the rear of the engine and its massive firebox. Each set of driving wheels is driven by two steam cylinders.
Swiss classification: '4/6+4/6' The equivalent UIC classification is refined to (2′D)D2′ for simple articulated locomotives. A similar wheel arrangement exists for Garratt locomotives, but is referred to as 4-8-0+0-8-4 since both engine units swivel. 4-8-8-4 Big Boys were only produced for the Union Pacific Railroad. Twenty-five such ...
The Pennsylvania Railroad's lone S1 was the only 6-4-4-6 ever constructed. A 6-4-4-6 steam locomotive, in the Whyte notation for describing locomotive wheel arrangements, is one with six leading wheels, two sets of four driving wheels, and six trailing wheels. Other equivalent classifications are: