Berkshire Type (Steam locomotives)
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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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