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2-2-4T
Tank locomotive wheel arrangement / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Whyte notation, a 2-2-4T is a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels. This was an unusual wheel arrangement, only used on a few specialised locomotives. This wheel arrangement is only used for tank locomotives.
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