4-8-2, the Glossary
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.[1]
Table of Contents
245 relations: A. L. Beattie, Addington Railway Workshops, Alfred de Glehn, Allegheny Mountains, Altoona Works, American Locomotive Company, Amory, Mississippi, André Chapelon, Angola, Armstrong Whitworth, Arthur Peppercorn, Épernay, Škoda Works, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Barcelona, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Belpaire firebox, Benguela railway, Berliner Maschinenbau, Beyer, Peacock and Company, Bissel truck, BR Standard Class 6, BR Standard Class 7, British Rail, Brooks Locomotive Works, Bulawayo, Bulgarian State Railways, Canada, Canadian National Class U-1-f, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Cape Government Railways, Cardiff Locomotive Workshops, Carstens Publications, Catalonia, Central South African Railways, Centralia, Illinois, Chemins de fer de l'État, Chemins de fer de l'Est, Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Christchurch, Clyde Engineering, Colony of Natal, Columbus Castings, Compound locomotive, Compound steam engine, CPR Angus Shops, Czechoslovak State Railways, Dübs and Company, ... Expand index (195 more) »
A. L. Beattie
Alfred Luther Beattie (1852 – 2 May 1920), typically referred to as A. L. Beattie, was a pioneering locomotive engineer.
Addington Railway Workshops
The Addington Railway Workshops was a major railway workshops established in the Christchurch suburb of Addington in 1877 by the Public Works Department, and transferred in 1880 to the newly formed New Zealand Railways Department (NZR).
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Alfred de Glehn
Alfred George de Glehn (15 September 1848 – 8 June 1936) was a notable English-born French designer of steam locomotives and an engineer with the Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (SACM).
Allegheny Mountains
The Allegheny Mountain Range (also spelled Alleghany or Allegany), informally the Alleghenies, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the Eastern United States and Canada and posed a significant barrier to land travel in less developed eras.
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Altoona Works
Altoona Works (also known as Altoona Terminal) is a large railroad industrial complex in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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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Amory, Mississippi
Amory is a city in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States.
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André Chapelon
André Chapelon (26 October 1892 – 22 July 1978) was a French mechanical engineer and designer of advanced steam locomotives.
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa.
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Armstrong Whitworth
Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century.
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Arthur Peppercorn
Arthur Henry Peppercorn, (29 January 1889 – 3 March 1951) was an English railway engineer, and was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Railway.
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Épernay
Épernay is a commune in the Marne department of northern France, 130 km north-east of Paris on the mainline railway to Strasbourg.
Škoda Works
The Škoda Works (Škodovy závody) was one of the largest European industrial conglomerates of the 20th century, founded by Czech engineer Emil Škoda in 1859 in Plzeň, called the Kingdom of Bohemia at that time.
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railway locomotives from 1825 to 1951.
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Barcelona
Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom.
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Belpaire firebox
The Belpaire firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives.
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Benguela railway
The Benguela Railway (Caminho de Ferro de Benguela (CFB)) is a Cape gauge railway line that runs through Angola from west to east, being the largest and most important railway line in the country.
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Berliner Maschinenbau
Berliner Maschinenbau AG was a German manufacturer of locomotives.
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Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English general engineering company and railway locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Openshaw, Manchester.
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Bissel truck
A Bissell or Bissel truck (also Bissel bogie or pony truck) is a single-axle bogie which pivots towards the centre of a steam locomotive to enable it to negotiate curves more easily.
BR Standard Class 6
The BR Standard Class 6, otherwise known as the Clan Class, was a class of 4-6-2 ''Pacific'' tender steam locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for use by British Railways.
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BR Standard Class 7
The BR Standard Class 7, otherwise known as the Britannia Class, is a class of 4-6-2 ''Pacific'' steam locomotive designed under Robert Riddles for use by British Railways for mixed-traffic duties.
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British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.
Brooks Locomotive Works
The Brooks Locomotive Works manufactured railroad steam locomotives and freight cars from 1869 through its merger into the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1901.
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Bulawayo
Bulawayo (Bulawayo.) is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region.
Bulgarian State Railways
The Bulgarian State Railways (translit, abbreviated as БДЖ, BDZ or BDŽ) are Bulgaria's state railway company and former largest railway carrier in the country, established as an entity in 1888.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
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Canadian National Class U-1-f
Canadian National Railways U-1-f class locomotives were a class of twenty 4-8-2 or Mountain type locomotives built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1944. 4-8-2 and Canadian National Class U-1-f are 4-8-2 locomotives.
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Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company (Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique), also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881.
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Cape Government Railways
The Cape Government Railways (CGR) was the government-owned railway operator in the Cape Colony from 1874 until the creation of the South African Railways (SAR) in 1910.
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Cardiff Locomotive Workshops
The Cardiff Locomotive Workshops (now known as the Cardiff Maintenance Centre) is a rail yard and rolling stock facility located between Cockle Creek and Cardiff stations near Newcastle, on the Main North railway line in New South Wales, Australia.
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Carstens Publications
Carstens Publications, Inc. was a publisher of books and magazines related to the railroad and airplane hobby fields until its permanent closure on August 22, 2014.
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Catalonia
Catalonia (Catalunya; Cataluña; Catalonha) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.
Central South African Railways
The Central South African Railways (CSAR) was from 1902 to 1910 the operator of public railways in the Transvaal Colony and Orange River Colony in what is now South Africa.
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Centralia, Illinois
Centralia is a city in Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Illinois with the largest portion in Marion County.
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Chemins de fer de l'État
The Chemins de fer de l'État ("State Railways"), often referred to in France as the Réseau de l'État ("State Network"), was an early state-owned French railway company.
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Chemins de fer de l'Est
The Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est (CF de l'Est), often referred to simply as the Est company, was an early French railway company.
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Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée
The Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée ("Railway Company of Paris to Lyon and the Mediterranean"), also known as the Chemins de fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée or simply PLM, established in 1857, was one of France’s main railway companies until the nationalization of all French railways and establishment of the Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) on.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century.
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Christchurch
Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland.
Clyde Engineering
Clyde Engineering was an Australian manufacturer of locomotives, rolling stock, and other industrial products.
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Colony of Natal
The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa.
Columbus Castings
Buckeye Steel Castings was a Columbus, Ohio steelmaker best known today for its longtime president, Samuel P. Bush, who was the grandfather of President George H. W. Bush and great-grandfather of President George W. Bush.
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Compound locomotive
A compound locomotive is a steam locomotive which is powered by a compound engine, a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages.
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Compound steam engine
A compound steam engine unit is a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages.
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CPR Angus Shops
The CPR Angus Shops in Montreal were a railcar manufacturing, repairing and selling facility of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Czechoslovak State Railways
Czechoslovak State Railways (Československé státní dráhy in Czech or Československé štátne dráhy in Slovak, often abbreviated to ČSD) was the state-owned railway company of Czechoslovakia.
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Dübs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie.
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Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany)
The Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR (German Reich Railways) was the operating name of state owned railways in the East Germany, and after German reunification until 1 January 1994.
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Dieselisation
Dieselisation (US: dieselization) is the process of equipping vehicles with a diesel engine or diesel engines.
Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful command and leadership during active operations, typically in actual combat.
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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).
Dunedin
Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region.
East Germany
East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.
East Prussia
East Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia, until 1945.
Edward Thompson (engineer)
Edward Thompson (25 June 1881 – 15 July 1954) was an English railway engineer, and was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway between 1941 and 1946.
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El Paso and Southwestern Railroad
The El Paso and Southwestern Railroad began in 1888 as the Arizona and South Eastern Railroad, a short line serving copper mines in southern Arizona.
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Elkhart, Indiana
Elkhart is a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States.
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Enid, Oklahoma
Enid is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
Eswatini
Eswatini (eSwatini), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and also known by its former official name Swaziland and formerly the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.
Eveleigh Railway Workshops
The Eveleigh Railway Workshops is a heritage-listed former New South Wales Government Railways yards and railway workshops and now venue hire, public housing and technology park located at Great Southern and Western railway, Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Feilding and District Steam Rail Society
The Feilding and District Steam Rail Society, also known as Feilding Steam Rail, is a railway preservation society located in Feilding in the Manawatū region of New Zealand.
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Florida East Coast Railway
The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida, currently owned by Grupo México.
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GE UM12C
The UM12C is a type of diesel-electric locomotive manufactured by GE for Southeast Asian rail operators.
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Germiston
Germiston, also known as kwaDukathole, is a city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa, administratively forming part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since the latter's establishment in 2000.
Gorna Oryahovitsa
Gorna Oryahovitsa (Горна Оряховица) is a town in northern Bulgaria, situated in Veliko Tarnovo Province, from Veliko Tarnovo.
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Gradient
In vector calculus, the gradient of a scalar-valued differentiable function f of several variables is the vector field (or vector-valued function) \nabla f whose value at a point p gives the direction and the rate of fastest increase.
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company was an American subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway, later of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
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Great Northern 2507
Great Northern 2507 (GN 2507) is a 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotive, a member of the P-2 class. 4-8-2 and Great Northern 2507 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
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Great Northern P-1
The Great Northern P-1 was a class of 15 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotives built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1914 and operated by the Great Northern Railway. 4-8-2 and Great Northern P-1 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
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Great Northern P-2
The Great Northern P-2 was a class of 28 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1923 and operated by the Great Northern Railway until the late 1950s. 4-8-2 and Great Northern P-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
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Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
The Great Northern Railway was an American Class I railroad.
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Gresley conjugated valve gear
The Gresley conjugated valve gear is a valve gear for steam locomotives designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, chief mechanical engineer of the LNER, assisted by Harold Holcroft.
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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.
Hillside Engineering
Hillside Engineering Group is a trading division of the rail operator KiwiRail in Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Hwange Colliery
Hwange Colliery Company Limited (Formerly Wankie Colliery Company Limited) is the name of a company in Zimbabwe (Formerly Rhodesia) and of its associated coal mining, processing and marketing.
Illinois Central 2613
Illinois Central 2613 was a 4-8-2 "Mountain" type 2600 class steam locomotive built in April 1943 by the Illinois Central Railroad's Paducah Shops in Paducah, Kentucky. 4-8-2 and Illinois Central 2613 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
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Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad, sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States.
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Irun
Irun (Irún, Irun) is a town of the Bidasoaldea region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain.
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Kalmbach Media (formerly Kalmbach Publishing Co.) is an American publisher of books and magazines, many of them railroad-related, located in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Kandiyohi County Historical Society
The Kandiyohi County Historical Society (KCHS) is a local history museum in Willmar, Minnesota, United States.
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Kent
Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.
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Kirkwood, Missouri
Kirkwood is an inner-ring western suburb of St. Louis located in St. Louis County, Missouri.
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Krupp
Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp (formerly Friedrich Krupp GmbH), trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer during both world wars.
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Lawton, Oklahoma
Lawton is a city in and the county seat of Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
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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.
LEW Hennigsdorf
The rail vehicle factory in Hennigsdorf, Germany, was founded in 1910 by AEG.
Lima Locomotive Works
Lima Locomotive Works was an American firm that manufactured railroad locomotives from the 1870s through the 1950s.
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Locomotive, Railway Carriage & Wagon Review
Locomotive, Railway Carriage & Wagon Review was a British monthly magazine covering the rail transport industry.
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London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain.
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Madrid
Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain.
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Madrid, Zaragoza and Alicante railway
The Madrid, Zaragoza and Alicante railway (MZA) - also known in Spanish as Compañía de los ferrocarriles de Madrid a Zaragoza y a Alicante - was a Spanish railway company founded in 1856 that became one of the most important companies in the railway sector, along with its great rival, the Compañía de los Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España (known simply as "Norte".) The rivalry between MZA and Norte stemmed from competing financial families at the time, namely the Rothschilds and Pereires.
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Maffei (company)
Maffei was a manufacturer of railway locomotives based in Munich, Germany.
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Manila Bulletin
The Manila Bulletin (also known as the Bulletin and previously known as the Manila Daily Bulletin from 1906 to September 23, 1972, and the Bulletin Today from November 22, 1972, to March 10, 1986) is the Philippines' largest English language broadsheet newspaper by circulation.
Maputo
Maputo is the capital and largest city of Mozambique.
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Maud Allan
Maud Allan (born as either Beulah Maude Durrant or Ulah Maud Alma Durrant;Birthname given as Ulah Maud Alma DurrantMcConnell, Virginia A. Sympathy for the Devil: The Emmanuel Baptist Murders of Old San Francisco, University of Nebraska Press (January 1, 2005), page 294 27 August 1873 – 7 October 1956) was a Canadian dancer, chiefly noted for her Dance of the Seven Veils.
Móra la Nova
Móra la Nova is a municipality in the ''comarca'', or district, of the Ribera d'Ebre in Catalonia, Spain.
McComb, Mississippi
McComb is a city in Pike County, Mississippi, United States.
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Midland Railway Workshops
The Midland Railway Workshops in Midland, Western Australia, were the main workshops for the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) for over 80 years.
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Missouri
Missouri is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.
Montreal Locomotive Works
Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) was a Canadian railway locomotive manufacturer that existed under several names from 1883 to 1985, producing both steam and diesel locomotives.
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Mozambique Ports and Railways
Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (abbreviated CFM; in English Mozambique Ports and Railways) is a state-owned company that oversees the railway system of Mozambique and its connected ports.
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Museum of the Great Plains (Oklahoma)
The Museum of the Great Plains is a history museum located in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States.
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Natal Government Railways
The Natal Government Railways (NGR) was formed in January 1877 in the Colony of Natal.
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National Museum of Transportation
The National Museum of Transportation (TNMOT) is a private, 42-acre transportation museum in the Kirkwood suburb of St. Louis, Missouri.
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National New York Central Railroad Museum
The National New York Central Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Elkhart, Indiana dedicated to the preservation of the New York Central Railroad (NYC).
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National Railways of Zimbabwe
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), formerly Rhodesia Railways (RR), is a Bulawayo headquartered state-owned enterprise that operates the country's national railway system.
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New South Wales D57 class locomotive
The New South Wales D57 class was a class of 4-8-2 steam locomotives built by Clyde Engineering for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia. 4-8-2 and New South Wales D57 class locomotive are 4-8-2 locomotives.
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New South Wales D58 class locomotive
The D58 class was a class of steam locomotives built by the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia. 4-8-2 and New South Wales D58 class locomotive are 4-8-2 locomotives.
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New South Wales Government Railways
The New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) was the agency of the Government of New South Wales that administered rail transport in New South Wales, Australia, between 1855 and 1932.
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New York Central 2933
New York Central 2933 is 4-8-2 "Mohawk" (Mountain) type steam locomotive built in 1929 by the American Locomotive Company for the New York Central Railroad. 4-8-2 and New York Central 2933 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
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New York Central 3001
New York Central 3001 is a 4-8-2 "Mohawk" (Mountain)-type steam locomotive built in 1940 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for the New York Central Railroad. 4-8-2 and New York Central 3001 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
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New York Central Mohawk
The New York Central Railroad (NYC) called the 4-8-2 type of steam locomotive the Mohawk type. 4-8-2 and New York Central Mohawk are 4-8-2 locomotives.
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New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated principally in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to December 31, 1968.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
New Zealand Railways Department
The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR (New Zealand Government Railways) and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway system.
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Nigel Gresley
Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley (19 June 1876 – 5 April 1941) was a British railway engineer.
Nkana
Nkana is a section of the city of Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia which started off in the early part of the 20th century as a railway station to support the growing complex of copper mining operations.
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North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company (NBL, NB Loco or North British) was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp, Stewart and Company (Atlas Works), Neilson, Reid and Company (Hyde Park Works) and Dübs and Company (Queens Park Works), creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe and the British Empire and the second largest in the world after the Baldwin Locomotive Works in the United States.
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North Island Main Trunk
The North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) is the main railway line in the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city Wellington with the country's largest city, Auckland.
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Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in Southern Africa, now the independent country of Zambia.
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NZR JA class
The NZR JA class was a class of fifty-one 4-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR). 4-8-2 and NZR JA class are 4-8-2 locomotives.
NZR X class
The New Zealand X class was a pioneering class of eighteen 4-8-2 steam locomotives built for New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) and designed by A. L. Beattie that operated on the national rail network of New Zealand. 4-8-2 and NZR X class are 4-8-2 locomotives.
Orange Free State (province)
The Province of the Orange Free State (Provinsie Oranje-Vrystaat), commonly referred to as the Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrystaat), Free State (Vrystaat) or by its abbreviation OFS, was one of the four provinces of South Africa from 1910 to 1994.
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Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania Railroad 6755
Pennsylvania Railroad 6755 is a 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotive built in 1930 for the Pennsylvania Railroad by the railroad's own Altoona Works as a member of the M1b locomotive class for mainline freight service. 4-8-2 and Pennsylvania Railroad 6755 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
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Pennsylvania Railroad class M1
The M1 was a class of steam locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). 4-8-2 and Pennsylvania Railroad class M1 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
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Perry Engineering
Perry Engineering was a major foundry and steel engineering works in the state of South Australia.
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Philippine National Railways
The Philippine National Railways (PNR) (Pambansang Daambakal ng Pilipinas; Ferrocarril Nacional de Filipinas) is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines which operates one commuter rail service between Laguna and Quezon, and local services between Sipocot, Naga and Legazpi in the Bicol Region.
See 4-8-2 and Philippine National Railways
PKP class Pu29
PKP Class Pu29 is a Polish steam locomotive of Polskie Koleje Państwowe, designed for hauling heavy long-distance passenger trains, built in 1931. 4-8-2 and PKP class Pu29 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
PLM 241 B 1
The PLM 241 B 1 was a high-pressure steam locomotive built in 1929 for the PLM (Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée) using the Schmidt high-pressure system. 4-8-2 and PLM 241 B 1 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
Polish Corridor
The Polish Corridor (Polnischer Korridor; Pomorze, Polski Korytarz), also known as the Danzig Corridor, Corridor to the Sea or Gdańsk Corridor, was a territory located in the region of Pomerelia (Pomeranian Voivodeship, eastern Pomerania, formerly part of West Prussia), which provided the Second Republic of Poland (1920–1939) with access to the Baltic Sea, thus dividing the bulk of Weimar Germany from the province of East Prussia.
Polish State Railways
The Polish State Railways (Polish: Polskie Koleje Państwowe, abbr.: PKP S.A.) is a Polish state-owned holding company (legally a sole-shareholder company of the State Treasury) comprising the rail transport holdings of the country's formerly dominant namesake railway operator.
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Railfan & Railroad
Railfan & Railroad is an American monthly magazine that has been in publication since the 1970s.
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Railroad Museum of Oklahoma
The Railroad Museum of Oklahoma is a railroad museum located in the former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway freight depot in Enid, Oklahoma.
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Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is a railroad museum in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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Railway Gazette International
Railway Gazette International is a British monthly business magazine and news website covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide.
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Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles
Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (RENFE) was a Spanish state-owned company that operated the national Iberian-gauge railway network between 1941 and 2005.
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Robert Stephenson and Company
Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823 in Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne in England.
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Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd (RSH) was a locomotive builder with works in North East England.
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Rolla, Missouri
Rolla is a city in, and the county seat of, Phelps County, Missouri, United States.
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) is a gauge light railway in Kent, England, operating steam and internal combustion locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
Schenectady Locomotive Works
The Schenectady Locomotive Works built railroad locomotives from its founding in 1848 through its merger into American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1901.
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Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton is a city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (abbreviated as SNCF; "National Company of the French Railways") is France's national state-owned railway company.
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SNCF Class 241P
The SNCF 241.P is a 4-8-2 'Mountain' type express passenger steam locomotive that ran on the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français, (French National Railways) from 1948 until 1973. 4-8-2 and SNCF Class 241P are 4-8-2 locomotives.
Società Italiana Ernesto Breda
Società Italiana Ernesto Breda, more usually referred to simply as Breda, was an Italian mechanical manufacturing company founded by Ernesto Breda in Milan in 1886.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
South African Class 1 4-8-0
The South African Railways Class 1 4-8-0 of 1904 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 1 4-8-0
South African Class 12 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 12 4-8-2 of 1912 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 12 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 12 4-8-2
South African Class 12A 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 12A 4-8-2 of 1919 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 12A 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 12A 4-8-2
South African Class 12B 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 12B 4-8-2 of 1920 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 12B 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 12B 4-8-2
South African Class 14 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 14 4-8-2 of 1913 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 14 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 14 4-8-2
South African Class 14A 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 14A 4-8-2 of 1914 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 14A 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 14A 4-8-2
South African Class 14B 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 14B 4-8-2 of 1915 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 14B 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 14B 4-8-2
South African Class 14C
The South African Railways Class 14C includes four batches of the same locomotive type, all initially designated Class 14C.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 14C
South African Class 15 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 15 4-8-2 of 1914 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 15 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 15 4-8-2
South African Class 15A 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 15A 4-8-2 of 1914 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 15A 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 15A 4-8-2
South African Class 15B 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 15B 4-8-2 of 1918 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 15B 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 15B 4-8-2
South African Class 15C 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 15C 4-8-2 of 1925 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 15C 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 15C 4-8-2
South African Class 15CA 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 15CA 4-8-2 of 1926 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 15CA 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 15CA 4-8-2
South African Class 15E 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 15E 4-8-2 of 1935 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 15E 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 15E 4-8-2
South African Class 15F 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 15F 4-8-2 of 1938 is a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 15F 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 15F 4-8-2
South African Class 19 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 19 4-8-2 of 1928 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 19 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 19 4-8-2
South African Class 19A 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 19A 4-8-2 of 1929 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 19A 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 19A 4-8-2
South African Class 19B 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 19B 4-8-2 of 1930 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 19B 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 19B 4-8-2
South African Class 19C 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 19C 4-8-2 of 1935 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 19C 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 19C 4-8-2
South African Class 19D 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 19D 4-8-2 of 1937 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 19D 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 19D 4-8-2
South African Class 1B 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 1B 4-8-2 of 1904 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal. 4-8-2 and South African Class 1B 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 1B 4-8-2
South African Class 23 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 23 4-8-2 was a class of South African steam locomotives. 4-8-2 and South African Class 23 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 23 4-8-2
South African Class 25 4-8-4
The South African Railways Class 25 4-8-4 of 1953 was a condensing steam locomotive.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 25 4-8-4
South African Class 25NC 4-8-4
The South African Railways Class 25NC 4-8-4 of 1953 was a class of steam locomotives built between 1953 and 1955 for the South African Railways (SAR).
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 25NC 4-8-4
South African Class 3 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 3 of 1909 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal. 4-8-2 and South African Class 3 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 3 4-8-2
South African Class 3A 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 3A 4-8-2 of 1910 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal. 4-8-2 and South African Class 3A 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 3A 4-8-2
South African Class 3B 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 3B 4-8-2 of 1912 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 3B 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 3B 4-8-2
South African Class 4 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 4 4-8-2 of 1911 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. 4-8-2 and South African Class 4 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 4 4-8-2
South African Class 4A 4-8-2
The South African Railways Class 4A 4-8-2 of 1913 was a steam locomotive. 4-8-2 and South African Class 4A 4-8-2 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class 4A 4-8-2
South African Class A 4-8-2T
The South African Railways Class A 4-8-2T of 1888 is a steam locomotive class from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class A 4-8-2T
South African Class G 4-8-2T
The South African Railways Class G 4-8-2T of 1904 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class G 4-8-2T
South African Class H 4-10-2T
The South African Railways Class H, introduced in 1899, was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class H 4-10-2T
South African Class H1 4-8-2T
The South African Railways Class H1 4-8-2T of 1903 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class H1 4-8-2T
South African Class H2 4-8-2T
The South African Railways Class H2 4-8-2T of 1909 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal.
See 4-8-2 and South African Class H2 4-8-2T
South African type MX tender
The South African type MX tender was a steam locomotive tender.
See 4-8-2 and South African type MX tender
South Australian Railways
South Australian Railways (SAR) was the statutory corporation through which the Government of South Australia built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 until March 1978, when its non-urban railways were incorporated into Australian National, and its Adelaide urban lines were transferred to the State Transport Authority.
See 4-8-2 and South Australian Railways
South Australian Railways 500 class (steam)
The South Australian Railways 500 class was a class of 4-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways. 4-8-2 and South Australian Railways 500 class (steam) are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and South Australian Railways 500 class (steam)
Southern Pacific class MT-5
The Southern Pacific Class Mt-5 is a class of 4-8-2 Mountain steam locomotives built between 1929 and 1930 by the Southern Pacific's own Sacramento shops. 4-8-2 and Southern Pacific class MT-5 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and Southern Pacific class MT-5
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.
See 4-8-2 and Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Southern Railway (U.S.)
The Southern Railway (also known as Southern Railway Company) was a class 1 railroad based in the Southern United States between 1894 and 1982, when it merged with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) to form the Norfolk Southern Railway.
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Southern Railway (UK)
The Southern Railway (SR), sometimes shortened to 'Southern', was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping.
See 4-8-2 and Southern Railway (UK)
Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked, self-governing British Crown colony in Southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company (BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
See 4-8-2 and Spain
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.
See 4-8-2 and Spanish Civil War
SR Merchant Navy class
The SR Merchant Navy class (originally known as the 21C1 class, and later informally known as Bulleid Pacifics, Spam Cans – which name was also applied to the Light Pacifics – or Packets) is a class of air-smoothed 4-6-2 (Pacific) steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by Oliver Bulleid.
See 4-8-2 and SR Merchant Navy class
St. Louis
St.
St. Louis–San Francisco 1522
St. 4-8-2 and St. Louis–San Francisco 1522 are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and St. Louis–San Francisco 1522
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
The St.
See 4-8-2 and St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.
See 4-8-2 and Steam locomotive
Steamtown National Historic Site
Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located on in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the site of the former Scranton yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W).
See 4-8-2 and Steamtown National Historic Site
Stephenson valve gear
The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link is a simple design of valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for various kinds of steam engines.
See 4-8-2 and Stephenson valve gear
Strasburg, Pennsylvania
Strasburg is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
See 4-8-2 and Strasburg, Pennsylvania
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (German Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik; French Société Suisse pour la Construction de Locomotives et de Machines; or for both, SLM) was a railway equipment manufacturer based in Winterthur in Switzerland.
See 4-8-2 and Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.
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Tank locomotive
A tank locomotive is a steam locomotive which carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender.
Tarragona
Tarragona (Tarraco) is a coastal city and municipality in Catalonia (Spain).
Tasmanian Government Railways
The Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR) was the former operator of the mainline railways in Tasmania, Australia.
See 4-8-2 and Tasmanian Government Railways
Tasmanian Government Railways H class (1951)
The Tasmanian Government Railways H class was a class of 4-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways. 4-8-2 and Tasmanian Government Railways H class (1951) are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and Tasmanian Government Railways H class (1951)
Tasmanian Government Railways Q class
The Tasmanian Government Railways Q class was a class of 4-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways. 4-8-2 and Tasmanian Government Railways Q class are 4-8-2 locomotives.
See 4-8-2 and Tasmanian Government Railways Q class
Tasmanian Transport Museum
The Tasmanian Transport Museum is a museum located in Glenorchy, Tasmania, preserving and exhibiting a collection relating to Tasmanian transport history including items such as locomotives, carriages, ephemera and railroadiana.
See 4-8-2 and Tasmanian Transport Museum
Tatra Mountains
The Tatra Mountains, Tatras (Tatry either in Slovak or in Polish - plurale tantum), are a series of mountains within the Western Carpathians that form a natural border between Slovakia and Poland.
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.
Thermal efficiency
In thermodynamics, the thermal efficiency (\eta_) is a dimensionless performance measure of a device that uses thermal energy, such as an internal combustion engine, steam turbine, steam engine, boiler, furnace, refrigerator, ACs etc.
See 4-8-2 and Thermal efficiency
Thermic siphon
Thermic siphons (alt. thermic syphons) are heat-exchanging elements in the firebox or combustion chamber of some steam boiler and steam locomotive designs.
Tractive effort
In railway engineering, the term tractive effort describes the pulling or pushing capability of a locomotive.
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.
Trains (magazine)
Trains is a monthly magazine about trains and railroads aimed at railroad enthusiasts and railroad industry employees.
See 4-8-2 and Trains (magazine)
Truck & Bus Transportation
Truck & Bus Transportation was a Sydney-based monthly trade magazine covering aspects of transport in Australia.
See 4-8-2 and Truck & Bus Transportation
Vulcan Foundry
The Vulcan Foundry Limited was an English locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now Merseyside).
WAGR S class
The WAGR S class was a class of 4-8-2 steam locomotives built by the Midland Railway Workshops between 1943 and 1947 and operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR). 4-8-2 and WAGR S class are 4-8-2 locomotives.
WAGR W class
The WAGR W class is a class of 4-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1951 and 1972. 4-8-2 and WAGR W class are 4-8-2 locomotives.
Walkers Limited
Walkers Limited was an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland.
Walschaerts valve gear
The Walschaerts valve gear is a type of valve gear used to regulate the flow of steam to the pistons in steam locomotives, invented by Belgian railway engineer Egide Walschaerts in 1844.
See 4-8-2 and Walschaerts valve gear
Western Australian Government Railways
Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) was the operator of railway services in the state of Western Australia between October 1890 and June 2003.
See 4-8-2 and Western Australian Government Railways
Wheel arrangement
In rail transport, a wheel arrangement or wheel configuration is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed under a locomotive.
See 4-8-2 and Wheel arrangement
Whyte notation
The Whyte notation is a classification method for steam locomotives, and some internal combustion locomotives and electric locomotives, by wheel arrangement.
Willmar, Minnesota
Willmar is a city in, and the county seat of, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States.
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Wishram station
Wishram is a train station in Wishram, Washington served by Amtrak's Empire Builder line.
Wishram, Washington
Wishram is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Klickitat County, Washington, United States.
See 4-8-2 and Wishram, Washington
Witbank
Witbank, officially eMalahleni, is a city situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa, within the Emalahleni Local Municipality.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Zambia
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa.
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2-10-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, ten powered and coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.
See 4-8-2 and 2-10-2
2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels.
See 4-8-2 and 2-8-0
2-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and two trailing wheels on one axle, usually in a trailing truck.
See 4-8-2 and 2-8-2
2-8-4
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.
See 4-8-2 and 2-8-4
4-6-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and two trailing wheels on one axle.
See 4-8-2 and 4-6-2
4-6-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels.
See 4-8-2 and 4-6-4
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading truck or bogie, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and no trailing wheels.
See 4-8-2 and 4-8-0
4-8-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and four trailing wheels on two axles.
See 4-8-2 and 4-8-4
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-8-2
Also known as 2-4-1, 4-8-2 Mountains, 4-8-2T.
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