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2-8-8-4, the Glossary

A 2-8-8-4 steam locomotive, under the Whyte notation, has two leading wheels, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck.^[1]

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2-8-8-4 locomotives
Simple articulated locomotives

American Locomotive Company

The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants.

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Articulated locomotive

An articulated locomotive is a steam locomotive (rarely, an electric locomotive) with one or more engine units that can move independently of the main frame.

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B&O Railroad Museum

The B&O Railroad Museum is a museum and historic railway station exhibiting historic railroad equipment in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Baldwin Locomotive Works

Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railway locomotives from 1825 to 1951.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad locomotives

On the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, locomotives were always considered of great importance, and the railroad was involved in many experiments and innovations.

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Bank engine

A bank engine (United Kingdom/Australia) (colloquially a banker), banking engine, helper engine or pusher engine (North America) is a railway locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires additional power or traction to climb a gradient (or bank).

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Cab forward

The term cab forward locomotive refers to various rail and road vehicle designs that place the driver's compartment substantially farther towards the front than is common practice.

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California State Railroad Museum

The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the California State Parks system that interprets the role of railroads in the West.

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Chimney

A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator, or fireplace from human living areas.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.

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Cowcatcher

A cowcatcher, also known as a pilot, is the device mounted at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles on the track that might otherwise damage or derail it or the train.

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Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company.

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Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine.

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Dieselisation

Dieselisation (US: dieselization) is the process of equipping vehicles with a diesel engine or diesel engines.

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Driving wheel

On a steam locomotive, a driving wheel is a powered wheel which is driven by the locomotive's pistons (or turbine, in the case of a steam turbine locomotive).

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Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County.

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Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway

The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR), informally known as the Missabe Road, was a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin that used to haul iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes ports of Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota.

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Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil

The Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil was one of the principal railways of Brazil, uniting the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais.

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Feedwater heater

A feedwater heater is a power plant component used to pre-heat water delivered to a steam generating boiler.

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Firebox (steam engine)

In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler.

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French locomotive classification

Under the French classification system for locomotive wheel arrangements, the system is slightly different for steam and electric/diesel vehicles.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Henschel & Son

Henschel & Son (Henschel und Sohn) was a German company, located in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons.

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Kolomna Locomotive Works

The Kolomna Locomotive Works (Kolomensky zavod) is a major producer of railway locomotives as well as locomotive and marine diesel engines in Russia.

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Lake Superior Railroad Museum

The Lake Superior Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.

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Leading wheel

The leading wheel or leading axle or pilot wheel of a steam locomotive is an unpowered wheel or axle located in front of the driving wheels.

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Lima Locomotive Works

Lima Locomotive Works was an American firm that manufactured railroad locomotives from the 1870s through the 1950s.

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Metre-gauge railway

Metre-gauge railways (US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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Northern Pacific Railway

The Northern Pacific Railway was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest.

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Proctor, Minnesota

Proctor is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

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Rolling-element bearing

In mechanical engineering, a rolling-element bearing, also known as a rolling bearing,ISO 15 is a bearing which carries a load by placing rolling elements (such as balls or rollers) between two concentric, grooved rings called races.

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Southern Pacific 4294

Southern Pacific 4294 is a class "AC-12" 4-8-8-2 Cab forward type steam locomotive that was owned and operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP). 2-8-8-4 and Southern Pacific 4294 are simple articulated locomotives.

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Southern Pacific class AC-9

The AC-9 was one of two Southern Pacific Railroad's articulated steam locomotive classes that ran smokebox forward after 1920. 2-8-8-4 and Southern Pacific class AC-9 are 2-8-8-4 locomotives and simple articulated locomotives.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Company

The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Swiss locomotive and railcar classification

For more than a century, the Swiss locomotive, multiple unit, motor coach and railcar classification system, in either its original or updated forms, has been used to name and classify the rolling stock operated on the railways of Switzerland.

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Tender (rail)

A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water.

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Tennessee Pass (Colorado)

Tennessee Pass elevation is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States.

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Tractive effort

In railway engineering, the term tractive effort describes the pulling or pushing capability of a locomotive.

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Trailing wheel

On a steam locomotive, a trailing wheel or trailing axle is generally an unpowered wheel or axle (wheelset) located behind the driving wheels.

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Turkish locomotive classification

In the Turkish classification system for railway locomotives, the number of powered axles are followed by the total number of axles.

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Two Harbors, Minnesota

Two Harbors is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Minnesota, United States, along the shore of Lake Superior.

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UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements

The UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements, sometimes known as the German classificationThe Railway Data File.

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Union Pacific Big Boy

The Union Pacific Big Boy is a type of simple articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between 1941 and 1944 and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in revenue service until 1962. 2-8-8-4 and Union Pacific Big Boy are simple articulated locomotives.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-8-8-4

Also known as 1-4-0+0-4-2, B&O EM-1, EM-1 Yellowstone 2-8-8-4.

, Whyte notation, Yellowstone National Park, 2-8-8-2, 4-8-8-2.

2-8-8-4, the Glossary

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2-8-8-4 locomotives

Simple articulated locomotives

References