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26 sie 2024 · The 2-6-6-4 was a late era steam design, one of the finest ever built. Four railroads operated them, most notable of which was the N&W's Class A fleet.
7 paź 2018 · Compact but fast, the 3-Cylindered 2-6-4 Tanks are some of the first engines designed by William Stanier for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). They are the topic of this week’s Sole Survivor.
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 2-6-4 locomotive has two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels.
In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotive wheel arrangement, a 2-6-6-4 is a locomotive with a two-wheel leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck. All 2-6-6-4s are simple articulated locomotives.
The Norfolk and Western A was a class of 43 2-6-6-4 simple articulated steam locomotives built by the railroad's own Roanoke Shops between 1936 and 1950 and operated until the late 1950s. The locomotives hauled fast and heavy freight trains for the railroad and only one has been preserved, No. 1218.
17 cze 2006 · The 2-6-6-4’s four-wheel trailing truck was needed to support a large, deep firebox that was placed behind the rear driving wheels. This big firebox was critical to producing the high combustion rates required for a modern high-horsepower steam locomotive.
Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 Locomotives in the USA. Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media. Class A (Locobase 300) For data N&W 11 - 1957 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in August 2013 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange collection.
