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Index 4-8-2

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]

170 relations: A. L. Beattie, Addington Railway Workshops, Alfred de Glehn, Allegheny Mountains, American Locomotive Company, André Chapelon, Angola, Armstrong Whitworth, Épernay, Škoda Works, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Barcelona, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Belpaire firebox, Benguela railway, Berliner Maschinenbau, Beyer, Peacock and Company, Bissel truck, Bulawayo, Bulgarian State Railways, Canada, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Cape Government Railways, Cardiff Locomotive Workshops, Catalonia, Central South African Railways, 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, CN U-1-f, Colony of Natal, Columbus Castings, Compound engine, Compound locomotive, CPR Angus Shops, Czechoslovak State Railways, Czechoslovakia, Dübs and Company, Distinguished Service Order, Driving wheel, Dunedin, England, Eveleigh Railway Workshops, Feilding and District Steam Rail Society, Florida East Coast Railway, Germiston, ..., Gorna Oryahovitsa, Gradient, Gresley conjugated valve gear, Henschel & Son, Hillside Engineering, Hwange Colliery, Illinois Central Railroad, Irun, Kent, Krupp, Leading wheel, LEW Hennigsdorf, Madrid, Maffei (company), Maputo, Maud Allan, Móra la Nova, Midland Railway Workshops, Montreal Locomotive Works, Mozambique Ports and Railways, Natal Government Railways, National Railways of Zimbabwe, New South Wales D57 class locomotive, New South Wales D58 class locomotive, New South Wales Government Railways, New York Central Mohawk, New York Central Railroad, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, New Zealand Railways Department, Nkana, North British Locomotive Company, North Island Main Trunk, Northern Rhodesia, NZR JA class, NZR X class, Orange Free State, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad class M1, PLM 241 B 1, Renfe Operadora, Robert Stephenson and Company, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, SNCF, SNCF Class 241P, Società Italiana Ernesto Breda, South Africa, South African Class 1 4-8-0, South African Class 12 4-8-2, South African Class 12A 4-8-2, South African Class 12B 4-8-2, South African Class 14 4-8-2, South African Class 14A 4-8-2, South African Class 14B 4-8-2, South African Class 14C, South African Class 15 4-8-2, South African Class 15A 4-8-2, South African Class 15B 4-8-2, South African Class 15C 4-8-2, South African Class 15CA 4-8-2, South African Class 15E 4-8-2, South African Class 15F 4-8-2, South African Class 19 4-8-2, South African Class 19A 4-8-2, South African Class 19B 4-8-2, South African Class 19C 4-8-2, South African Class 19D 4-8-2, South African Class 1B 4-8-2, South African Class 23 4-8-2, South African Class 25 4-8-4, South African Class 3 4-8-2, South African Class 3A 4-8-2, South African Class 3B 4-8-2, South African Class 4 4-8-2, South African Class 4A 4-8-2, South African Class A 4-8-2T, South African Class G 4-8-2T, South African Class H 4-10-2T, South African Class H1 4-8-2T, South African Class H2 4-8-2T, South African type MX tender, South Australian Railways, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Southern Railway (U.S.), Southern Rhodesia, Spain, Spanish Civil War, St. Louis–San Francisco 1522, Steam locomotive, Stephenson valve gear, Swaziland, Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Sydney, Tank locomotive, Tarragona, Tasmanian Government Railways, Tatra Mountains, Tender (rail), Tractive force, Trailing wheel, United States, Vulcan Foundry, WAGR S class, WAGR W class, Walkers Limited, Walschaerts valve gear, Western Australian Government Railways, Wheel arrangement, Whyte notation, Witbank, World War II, Zambia, 2-10-2, 2-8-0, 2-8-2, 2-8-4, 4-6-2, 4-6-4, 4-8-0, 4-8-4. Expand index (120 more) »

A. L. Beattie

Alfred Luther Beattie (1852 – 2 May 1920), typically referred to as A. L. Beattie, was a pioneering locomotive engineer.

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Addington Railway Workshops

The Addington Railway Workshops was a major railway facility established in the Christchurch suburb of Addington in May 1880 by the New Zealand Railways Department.

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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).

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Allegheny Mountains

The Allegheny Mountain Range, informally the Alleghenies and also spelled Alleghany and Allegany, 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 technologically advanced eras.

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American Locomotive Company

The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco, designed, built and sold steam locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives, diesel engines and generators, specialized forgings, high quality steel, armed tanks and automobiles and produced nuclear energy.

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André Chapelon

André Chapelon (26 October 1892 – 22 July 1978) was a noted French mechanical engineer and designer of advanced steam locomotives.

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Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola; Kikongo, Kimbundu and Repubilika ya Ngola), is a country in 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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Épernay

Épernay is a commune in the Marne department in northern France.

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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, then in the Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire.

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Baldwin Locomotive Works

The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1956.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city in Spain.

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Bechuanaland Protectorate

The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885, by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in southern Africa.

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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 in Angola that connects the Atlantic port of Lobito to the eastern border town of Luau.

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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 railway locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester.

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Bissel truck

A Bissel truck (also: Bissell truck or Bissel bogie) is a single-axled bogie which pivots towards the centre of a steam locomotive to enable it to negotiate curves more easily.

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Bulawayo

Bulawayo is the second-largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with, as of the ever disputed 2012 census, a population of 653,337 while Bulawayo Municipal records indicate a population of 1,200,750.

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Bulgarian State Railways

The Bulgarian State Railways (Български държавни железници, Balgarski darzhavni zheleznitsi, abbreviated as БДЖ, BDZ or BDŽ) are Bulgaria's state railway company and the largest railway carrier in the country, established as an entity in 1885.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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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 that serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.

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Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), also known formerly as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad 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 were situated between Cockle Creek and Cardiff stations near Newcastle on the Main North railway line in New South Wales, Australia.

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Catalonia

Catalonia (Catalunya, Catalonha, Cataluña) is an autonomous community in Spain on the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.

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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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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 (usually known simply as the PLM) was a French railway company.

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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 of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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Clyde Engineering

Clyde Engineering was an Australian manufacturer of locomotives, rolling stock, and other industrial products.

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CN 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.

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Colony of Natal

The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa.

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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 engine

A compound engine is an engine that has more than one stage for recovering energy from the same working fluid, with the exhaust from the first stage passing through the second stage, and in some cases then on to another subsequent stage or even stages.

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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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CPR Angus Shops

The CPR Angus Shops in Montreal were a railcar manufacturing, repairing and selling facility of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

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Czechoslovak State Railways

Czechoslovak State Railways (in Czech Československé státní dráhy, ČSD) was the state-owned railway company of Czechoslovakia.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the:Czech Republic and:Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

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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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Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, 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).

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eveleigh Railway Workshops

The Eveleigh Railway Workshops was the main railway workshop for the New South Wales Government Railways and considered to have world heritage significance by curators of the Smithsonian Institution.

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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 Manawatu 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.

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Germiston

Germiston is a small 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.

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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 mathematics, the gradient is a multi-variable generalization of the derivative.

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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.

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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 is the name of a company in Zimbabwe and of its associated coal mine.

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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, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama.

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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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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Krupp

The Krupp family (see pronunciation), a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, became famous for their production of steel, artillery, ammunition, and other armaments.

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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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LEW Hennigsdorf

The rail vehicle factory in Hennigsdorf, Germany, was founded in 1910 by AEG.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole.

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Maffei (company)

Maffei was a manufacturer of railway locomotives based in Munich, Germany.

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Maputo

Maputo (formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976) is the capital and most populous city of Mozambique.

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Maud Allan

Maud Allan (27 August 1873 – 7 October 1956) was a pianist-turned-actress, dancer and choreographer who is remembered for her "impressionistic mood settings".

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Móra la Nova

Móra la Nova is a municipality in the ''comarca'', or district, of the Ribera d'Ebre in Catalonia, Spain.

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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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Montreal Locomotive Works

Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) was a Canadian railway locomotive manufacturer which 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 the parastatal authority that oversees the railway system of Mozambique and its connected ports.

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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 Railways of Zimbabwe

The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is the parastatal railway of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia).

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New South Wales D57 class locomotive

The D57 class was a class of 4-8-2 steam locomotives built by Clyde Engineering for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia.

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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.

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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 Mohawk

The New York Central Railroad (NYC) called the 4-8-2 type of steam locomotive the Mohawk type.

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New York Central Railroad

The New York Central Railroad was a railroad operating in the Northeastern 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 New Haven, was a railroad that operated in northeastern United States from 1872 to 1968, dominating the region's rail traffic for the first half of the 20th century.

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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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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.

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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 protectorate in south central Africa, formed in 1911 by amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia.

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NZR JA class

The NZR JA class were a type of 4-8-2 steam locomotive used on the New Zealand railway network.

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NZR X class

The NZR X class was a pioneering class of eighteen 4-8-2 steam locomotives designed by A. L. Beattie that operated on the national rail network of New Zealand.

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Orange Free State

The Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrijstaat, Oranje-Vrystaat, abbreviated as OVS) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which later became a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad (or Pennsylvania Railroad Company and also known as the "Pennsy") was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Railroad class M1

The M1 was a class of steam locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR).

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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.

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Renfe Operadora

Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the, the and the networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company Adif (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias—Railway Infrastructure Administration).

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Robert Stephenson and Company

Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823.

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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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Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) is a gauge light railway in Kent, England, operating steam and internal combustion locomotives.

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SNCF

The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF, "French National Railway Company") 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.

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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.

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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.

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South African Class 12 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 12 4-8-2 of 1912 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 12A 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 12A 4-8-2 of 1919 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 12B 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 12B 4-8-2 of 1920 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 14 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 14 4-8-2 of 1913 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 14A 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 14A 4-8-2 of 1914 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 14B 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 14B 4-8-2 of 1915 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 14C

The South African Railways Class 14C includes four batches of the same locomotive type, all initially designated Class 14C.

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South African Class 15 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 15 4-8-2 of 1914 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 15A 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 15A 4-8-2 of 1914 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 15B 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 15B 4-8-2 of 1918 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 15C 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 15C 4-8-2 of 1925 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 15CA 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 15CA 4-8-2 of 1926 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 15E 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 15E 4-8-2 of 1935 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 15F 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 15F 4-8-2 of 1938 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 19 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 19 4-8-2 of 1928 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 19A 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 19A 4-8-2 of 1929 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 19B 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 19B 4-8-2 of 1930 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 19C 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 19C 4-8-2 of 1935 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 19D 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 19D 4-8-2 of 1937 was a steam locomotive.

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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.

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South African Class 23 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 23 4-8-2 of 1938 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class 25 4-8-4

The South African Railways Class 25 4-8-4 of 1953 was a condensing steam locomotive.

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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.

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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.

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South African Class 3B 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 3B 4-8-2 of 1912 was a steam locomotive.

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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.

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South African Class 4A 4-8-2

The South African Railways Class 4A 4-8-2 of 1913 was a steam locomotive.

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South African Class A 4-8-2T

The South African Railways Class A 4-8-2T of 1888 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal.

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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.

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South African Class H 4-10-2T

The South African Railways Class H of 1899 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal.

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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.

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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.

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South African type MX tender

The South African type MX tender was a steam locomotive tender.

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South Australian Railways

South Australian Railways 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.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Company

The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1998 that operated in the Western United States.

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

The Southern Railway (also known as Southern Railway Company and now known as the current incarnation of the Norfolk Southern Railway) is a name of a class 1 railroad that was based in the Southern United States.

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Southern Rhodesia

The Colony of Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa from 1923 to 1980, the predecessor state of modern Zimbabwe.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española),Also known as The Crusade (La Cruzada) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War (Cuarta Guerra Carlista) among Carlists, and The Rebellion (La Rebelión) or Uprising (Sublevación) among Republicans.

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St. Louis–San Francisco 1522

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

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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 all kinds of steam engines.

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Swaziland

Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Eswatini since April 2018 (Swazi: Umbuso weSwatini), is a landlocked sovereign state in Southern Africa.

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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.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Tank locomotive

A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender.

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Tarragona

Tarragona (Phoenician: Tarqon; Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea.

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Tasmanian Government Railways

The Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR) was the former operator of the mainline railways in Tasmania, Australia.

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Tatra Mountains

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Tender (rail)

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

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Tractive force

As used in mechanical engineering, the term tractive force can either refer to the total traction a vehicle exerts on a surface, or the amount of the total traction that is parallel to the direction of motion.

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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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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vulcan Foundry

The Vulcan Foundry Limited was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire.

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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).

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WAGR W class

The WAGR W class was a class of 4-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1951 and 1972.

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Walkers Limited

Walkers Limited was an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland.

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Walschaerts valve gear

The Walschaerts valve gear is a type of valve gear invented by Belgian railway mechanical engineer Egide Walschaerts in 1844 used to regulate the flow of steam to the pistons in steam engines.

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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.

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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.

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Whyte notation

The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte, and came into use in the early twentieth century following a December 1900 editorial in American Engineer and Railroad Journal.

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Witbank

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zambia

Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in south-central Africa, (although some sources prefer to consider it part of the region of east Africa) neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2-8-4

Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has one unpowered leading axle, usually in a leading truck, followed by four powered and coupled driving axles, and two unpowered trailing axles, usually mounted in a bogie.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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References

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

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