Berkshire Type (Steam locomotives)

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Name (Latin)
Berkshire Type (Steam locomotives)
Other forms of name
nne Berkshire (Locomotive)
Berkshires (Steam locomotives)
Kanawhas (Steam locomotives)
Kanawha Type (Steam locomotives)
See Also From tracing topical name
Steam locomotives
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q4027938
Library of congress: sh 91002974
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Farrell, J.W. North American steam locomotives:
  • Concise encyc. of world railway locomotives:
  • Steam Locomotive dot Com website, 3 Aug. 2009:
  • Wikipedia, 3 Aug. 2009:
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Wikipedia description:

Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has two unpowered leading wheels, followed by eight coupled and powered driving wheels, and four trailing wheels. This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, though the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway used the name Kanawha for their 2-8-4s. In Europe, this wheel arrangement was mostly seen in mainline passenger express locomotives and, in certain countries, in tank locomotives.

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