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2 8 4 Locomotive. 484 steam Steam trains, Old trains Dubbed the A-1 by Lima Locomotive Works, the "Berkshire" - as it quickly came to be known - was more than a logical upgrade to the 2-8-2 "Mikado", as it. Other equivalent classifications are: UIC classification: (1′D)D(D2′) French classification: 140+040+042 Turkish classification: 45+44+46 Swiss classification: 4/5+4/4+4/6

Surviving Examples of 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" Locomotives in the USA Three Nicholson thermic syphons in the firebox and two in the combustion chamber contributed 256 sq ft (23.8 sq m) to direct heating surface area.

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The 3/8" (9.5 mm) diameter hole provided air and the perforated plates rocked "both ways" with a 4 1/2" (114.5 mm) opening The first was built in 1928 by American Locomotive Company; at the time, it was the largest locomotive ever built.It had the largest firebox ever applied to a steam locomotive, some 182 square feet (16.9 m 2) in area, to burn Rosebud coal, a cheap low-quality coal.But the firebed was too large for the available draft and. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 2-8-8-8-4 has two leading wheels, three sets of eight driving wheels, and four trailing wheels.

Photo SP 4449 Southern Pacific Railroad Steam 484. Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has two unpowered leading wheels, followed by eight coupled and powered driving wheels, and four trailing wheels.This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, though the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway used the name Kanawha for their 2-8-4s In several test runs over a division of the railroad that crossed the Berkshire Hills, the demonstration locomotive, which carried road.

Rock Island No. 887 Wiki Fandom. Three Nicholson thermic syphons in the firebox and two in the combustion chamber contributed 256 sq ft (23.8 sq m) to direct heating surface area. The B&A subsequently ordered 55 copies and the 2-8-4 got a name - Berkshire