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2. 4-6-0 - Wikipedia

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   During the second half of the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries, the 4-6-0 was constructed in large numbers for passenger and mixed traffic service. A natural extension of the 4-4-0 American wheel arrangement, the four-wheel leading bogie gave good stability at speed and allowed a longer boiler to be supported, while the lack of trailing wheels gave a high adhesive weight.

3. H.K. Porter, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   H.K. Porter, Inc. 0-6-0 ST H.K. Porter locomotive from 1930 at the WK&S. H.K. Porter, Inc. (Porter) manufactured light-duty railroad locomotives in the US, starting in 1866. The company became the largest producer of industrial locomotives, and built almost eight thousand of them. The last locomotive was built in 1950, but the company continues ...

4. LB&SCR L class - Wikipedia

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   1925. The LB&SCR L Class was a class of 4-6-4 steam tank locomotives designed by L. B. Billinton for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. They were known as the "Brighton Baltics", Baltic being the European name for the 4-6-4 wheel arrangement. Seven examples were built between April 1914 and April 1922 and they were used for express ...

5. Union Pacific Challenger - Wikipedia

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   Factor of adh. The Union Pacific Challengers are a type of simple articulated 4-6-6-4 steam locomotive built by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) from 1936 to 1944 and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad until the late 1950s. A total of 105 Challengers were built in five classes. They were nearly 122 ft (37 m) long and weighed 537 short ...

6. 0-4-4T - Wikipedia

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   0-4-4T. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-4 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles. This type was only used for tank locomotives . In the UK 0-4-4 tanks were mainly used for suburban or rural ...

7. GWR 111 The Great Bear - Wikipedia

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   Retired. (rebuilt 1924) July 1953. Disposition. Front end reused to build another GWR 4073 Class, rest of the locomotive was scrapped. The Great Bear, number 111, was a locomotive of the Great Western Railway. It was the first 4-6-2 (Pacific) locomotive used on a railway in Great Britain, [ 2] and the only one of its type built by the GWR.