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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.
10 Μαρ 2015 · That is known as Whyte Classification, and denotes the wheel arrangement on steam locomotives. Picture a locomotive with it's front facing to your left. The numbers, in order, then represent the number of leading (unpowered), the number of drivers, and the trailing number of unpowered wheels.
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE WHEEL ARRANGEMENT CLASSIFICATIONS: Frederick Methvan Whyte's system of classification is used to describe the wheel arrangement of conventional steam locomotives. In this system, the first number is the number of leading wheels, and the last is the number of trailing wheels.
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. This arrangement is commonly called Adriatic.
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 articulated locomotives, of the Mallet or related simple articulated...
For example: 2-6-4 designates a locomotive with one axle and two wheels in front, six wheels on three axles that drive the locomotive, and four wheels on two axles that support the firebox. This wheel arrangement is known as "Adriatic."
17 Ιουν 2006 · One of Seaboard Air Line’s high-speed, twin smokestack 2-6-6-4s – the largest steam engines on the railroad’s roster – charges out of Raleigh, N.C., with a freight in 1941. During the latter half of the 1920s the single expansion articulated locomotive had evolved into a very capable machine.
