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float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #ffdead; font-size:100%; padding-left:3em;">First known tender engine version</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">First use</th><td class="infobox-data">c. 1830s-1840s</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Evolved from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2-2-0" title="2-2-0">2-2-0</a> & <a href="/wiki/2-2-2" title="2-2-2">2-2-2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Benefits</th><td class="infobox-data">Better adhesion with coupled wheels</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Whyte_notation" title="Whyte notation">Whyte notation</a> for the classification of <a href="/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive">steam locomotives</a>, <b><span class="nowrap">2-4-0</span></b> represents the <a href="/wiki/Wheel_arrangement" title="Wheel arrangement">wheel arrangement</a> of two <a href="/wiki/Leading_wheel" title="Leading wheel">leading wheels</a> on one axle, four powered and coupled <a href="/wiki/Driving_wheel" title="Driving wheel">driving wheels</a> on two axles and no <a href="/wiki/Trailing_wheel" title="Trailing wheel">trailing wheels</a>. In most of North America it became known as a <b>Porter</b>. </p><p>The notation <b>2-4-0T</b> indicates a <a href="/wiki/Tank_locomotive" title="Tank locomotive">tank locomotive</a> of this wheel arrangement, on which its water and fuel is carried on board the engine itself, rather than in an attached <a href="/wiki/Tender_(rail)" title="Tender (rail)">tender</a>. A subset is <b>2-4-0WT</b>, a configuration in which the water is under the bolier in a well tank. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-0&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2-4-0 configuration was developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1830s or early 1840s as an enlargement of the <a href="/wiki/2-2-0" title="2-2-0">2-2-0</a> and <a href="/wiki/2-2-2" title="2-2-2">2-2-2</a> types, with the additional pair of coupled wheels giving better adhesion. The type was initially designed for freight haulage. One of the earliest examples was the <a href="/wiki/Broad-gauge_railway" title="Broad-gauge railway">broad-gauge</a> <a href="/wiki/GWR_Leo_Class" title="GWR Leo Class">GWR Leo Class</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Gooch" title="Daniel Gooch">Daniel Gooch</a> and built during 1841 and 1842 by <a href="/wiki/R._%26_W._Hawthorn,_Leslie_and_Company" title="R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company">R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company</a>; <a href="/wiki/Fenton,_Murray_and_Jackson" title="Fenton, Murray and Jackson">Fenton, Murray and Jackson</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Rothwell,_Hick_and_Rothwell" title="Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell">Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell</a>. Because of its popularity for a period with English railways, noted railway author <a href="/wiki/C._Hamilton_Ellis" title="C. Hamilton Ellis">C. Hamilton Ellis</a> considered the 2-4-0 designation to have the nickname (under the <a href="/wiki/Whyte_notation" title="Whyte notation">Whyte notation</a>) of <i><b>Old English</b></i>. </p><p>During 1846–47, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Allan_(locomotive_engineer)" title="Alexander Allan (locomotive engineer)">Alexander Allan</a> of the newly established <a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Western_Railway" title="London and North Western Railway">London and North Western Railway</a> (LNWR) created the <a href="/wiki/Crewe_type_(locomotive)" title="Crewe type (locomotive)">Crewe type</a> of locomotive, with a 2-2-2 wheel arrangement for passenger classes and 2-4-0 for freight. During the 1850s and 1860s, these designs were widely copied by other railways, both in the United Kingdom and overseas.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LSWR_0298_Class_Beattie_Well_Tank_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/LSWR_0298_Class_Beattie_Well_Tank_4.jpg/220px-LSWR_0298_Class_Beattie_Well_Tank_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/LSWR_0298_Class_Beattie_Well_Tank_4.jpg/330px-LSWR_0298_Class_Beattie_Well_Tank_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/LSWR_0298_Class_Beattie_Well_Tank_4.jpg/440px-LSWR_0298_Class_Beattie_Well_Tank_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Beattie's <a href="/wiki/LSWR_0298_Class" title="LSWR 0298 Class">0298 Class</a> <a href="/wiki/Well_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Well tank">Well tank</a> locomotive</figcaption></figure> <p>During the mid-1840s, <a href="/wiki/John_Hawkshaw" title="John Hawkshaw">John Hawkshaw</a> developed a new style of 2-4-0 passenger locomotive with <a href="/wiki/Cylinder_(locomotive)" title="Cylinder (locomotive)">outside cylinders</a> in front of the <a href="/wiki/Leading_wheel" title="Leading wheel">leading wheels</a> and the rear <a href="/wiki/Driving_wheel" title="Driving wheel">driving axle</a> behind the <a href="/wiki/Firebox_(steam_engine)" title="Firebox (steam engine)">firebox</a>. This layout provided steady running at high speeds, despite a long overhang at the front.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hamilton_Beattie" title="Joseph Hamilton Beattie">Joseph Beattie</a> of the <a href="/wiki/London_and_South_Western_Railway" title="London and South Western Railway">London and South Western Railway</a> was one of the first British locomotive engineers to use this type on express locomotives.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1858, he began experimenting with 2-4-0 designs for passenger work, culminating in his <i>Seven-Foot</i> <span class="nowrap">2-4-0</span> express passenger locomotives, built between 1859 and 1868.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beattie was also responsible for the long-lived <a href="/wiki/LSWR_0298_Class" title="LSWR 0298 Class">0298 Class</a> of 2-4-0 <a href="/wiki/Well_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Well tank">well tanks</a>, designed for suburban passenger work in 1874, some examples of which were still working in 1961. A locomotive of this type hauled the first <i><a href="/wiki/Orient_Express" title="Orient Express">Orient Express</a></i> from <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> to <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a>, a notable achievement for such a small engine. </p><p>After 1854, the Hawkshaw type of 2-4-0 was adopted by <a href="/wiki/Beyer,_Peacock_and_Company" title="Beyer, Peacock and Company">Beyer, Peacock and Company</a>, who built many examples of the type for export, including to the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_State_Railways" title="Swedish State Railways">Swedish State Railways</a> in 1856 and the Zealand Railway in <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> in 1870.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-0&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/2-4-0" title="Special:EditPage/2-4-0">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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After a derailment incident, from 1901, the entire class was withdrawn from passenger work. These locomotives were then allocated to <a href="/wiki/Shunting_(rail)" title="Shunting (rail)">shunting</a>, yard and depot duties. Ten of the class were sold to various private railway operators, including for industrial use. Two are preserved. </p><p><a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Railways" title="South Australian Railways">South Australian Railways</a> used <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Railways_P_class" title="South Australian Railways P class">P class</a> 2-4-0 tank locomotives to haul suburban passenger services in Adelaide, from 1884 to 1929. 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You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2-4-0&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany">Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-0&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bavarian_B_V" title="Bavarian B V">Bavarian B V</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bavarian_B_VI" title="Bavarian B VI">Bavarian B VI</a> 2-4-0 locomotives of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Bavarian_State_Railways" title="Royal Bavarian State Railways">Royal Bavarian State Railways</a> were the first types to be produced in Bavaria in large numbers. In all, 208 were built between 1853 and 1863. One example is preserved in the <a href="/wiki/Nuremberg_Transport_Museum" title="Nuremberg Transport Museum">Nuremberg Transport Museum</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mecklenburgische_III_Nr_19.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Mecklenburgische_III_Nr_19.png/220px-Mecklenburgische_III_Nr_19.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Mecklenburgische_III_Nr_19.png/330px-Mecklenburgische_III_Nr_19.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Mecklenburgische_III_Nr_19.png/440px-Mecklenburgische_III_Nr_19.png 2x" data-file-width="1948" data-file-height="756" /></a><figcaption>Mecklenburg III class No. 19 <i>ZWEIHUNDERT</i></figcaption></figure> <p>Between 1864 and 1869, the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Mecklenburg_Friedrich-Franz_Railway" title="Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway">Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway</a> bought 19 Hawkshaw type <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_III" title="Mecklenburg III">Mecklenburg III</a> <span class="nowrap">2-4-0</span> locomotives from <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hartmann" title="Richard Hartmann">Richard Hartmann</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chemnitz" title="Chemnitz">Chemnitz</a>. </p><p>Between 1877 and 1885, altogether 294 passenger locomotives of the <a href="/wiki/Prussian_P_2" title="Prussian P 2">Prussian P 2</a> class were delivered to the <a href="/wiki/Prussian_state_railways" title="Prussian state railways">Prussian state railways</a> and its forebears. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indonesia">Indonesia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-0&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Indonesia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Indonesian Railways Class B50, formerly the Dutch Indies Railways Class 200, were the only tender types to be used for pulling passenger trains from <a href="/wiki/Madiun" title="Madiun">Madiun</a> to Ponorogo. In all, 60 were built by <a href="/wiki/Sharp,_Stewart_and_Company" title="Sharp, Stewart and Company">Sharp, Stewart and Company</a>. Until today, only 1 survived, which is B5004, while the tender was attached into B2301. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-0&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In New Zealand, two classes of <a href="/wiki/Tank_locomotive" title="Tank locomotive">tank locomotive</a> were built with the 2-4-0T wheel arrangement. They were the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Railways_Department" title="New Zealand Railways Department">New Zealand Railways</a> (NZR) <a href="/wiki/NZR_D_class_(1874)" title="NZR D class (1874)">D class</a> in 1874 and 1929, and the <a href="/wiki/NZR_L_class" title="NZR L class">NZR L class</a> in 1878, both classes having been designed for mixed traffic use. </p><p>Five D class locomotives were built by <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCbs_and_Company" title="Dübs and Company">Dübs and Company</a> in Glasgow, Scotland, nineteen were built by <a href="/wiki/Neilson_and_Company" title="Neilson and Company">Neilson and Company</a> and eleven were built by <a href="/wiki/Scott_Brothers_(locomotive_manufacturers)" title="Scott Brothers (locomotive manufacturers)">Scott Brothers</a> of Christchurch. The first members of the D class entered service in 1874 and all had been withdrawn from NZR service by the end of 1927, which allowed the D classification to be used again in 1929. </p><p>Of the 33 D class locomotives built, seven have been preserved, although only D16 and D140 were in operational condition. </p><p>All ten L class locomotives were built by the <a href="/wiki/Avonside_Engine_Company" title="Avonside Engine Company">Avonside Engine Company</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>. The first L class built entered service in 1878 and another nine L class locomotives were ordered. In 1893–94, three of the L class 2-4-0T locomotives were rebuilt to a <a href="/wiki/4-4-0" title="4-4-0">4-4-0</a> wheel arrangement at Newmarket workshops, with larger boilers and enlarged cylinders. This new design was classified La, but their limited coal bunker capacity remained a drawback. The solution was to add a trailing <a href="/wiki/Bissel_truck" title="Bissel truck">pony truck</a> to accommodate a larger coal bunker, converting them to a <a href="/wiki/4-4-2_(locomotive)" title="4-4-2 (locomotive)">4-4-2</a>T wheel arrangement. A further four L class locomotives were similarly converted. Three were not rebuilt, but sold to the <a href="/wiki/Public_Works_Department_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Works Department (New Zealand)">Public Works Department</a> between 1901 and 1903. Three new <span class="nowrap">4-4-2T</span> locomotives were built in 1902–03. When the conversion program was completed in 1903, the classification for all ten remaining NZR locomotives was changed back to L. </p><p>Of the ten L class locomotives built, numbers 207 (507), 208 (508) and 219 (509) survived long enough to be preserved, all three operational. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Africa">South Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-0&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: South Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CGR_ex_CTR%26D_no._10_Ebden_2-4-0T.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/CGR_ex_CTR%26D_no._10_Ebden_2-4-0T.jpg/220px-CGR_ex_CTR%26D_no._10_Ebden_2-4-0T.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/CGR_ex_CTR%26D_no._10_Ebden_2-4-0T.jpg/330px-CGR_ex_CTR%26D_no._10_Ebden_2-4-0T.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/CGR_ex_CTR%26D_no._10_Ebden_2-4-0T.jpg/440px-CGR_ex_CTR%26D_no._10_Ebden_2-4-0T.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1590" data-file-height="1005" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cape_Town_Railway_%26_Dock_2-4-0T" title="Cape Town Railway & Dock 2-4-0T">2-4-0T <i>Ebden</i></a> in Cape Town, c. 1872</figcaption></figure> <p>A standard gauge railway line between <a href="/wiki/Salt_River,_Cape_Town" title="Salt River, Cape Town">Salt River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wynberg,_Cape_Town" title="Wynberg, Cape Town">Wynberg</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony" title="Cape Colony">Cape of Good Hope</a>, constructed with private capital, was opened to the public on 19 December 1864. The Cape Town Railway and Dock Company undertook to rent and operate the line and acquired <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town_Railway_%26_Dock_2-4-0T" title="Cape Town Railway & Dock 2-4-0T">three 2-4-0 tank locomotives</a> as motive power for the line in 1864.<sup id="cite_ref-Holland_1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holland_1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SAR&H_Jun_1943_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAR&H_Jun_1943-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1872, the locomotives came onto the roster of the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Government_Railways" title="Cape Government Railways">Cape Government Railways</a> when it took over the operation of all railways in the Cape of Good Hope. They remained in service on this line until after its conversion to dual <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard</a>-and-<a href="/wiki/Cape_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape gauge">Cape gauges</a> around 1872 and were retired in 1881, when sufficient Cape gauge locomotives were in service.<sup id="cite_ref-Holland_1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holland_1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SAR&H_Jun_1943_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAR&H_Jun_1943-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-0&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MR_158A_at_Swanwick_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/MR_158A_at_Swanwick_1.jpg/220px-MR_158A_at_Swanwick_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/MR_158A_at_Swanwick_1.jpg/330px-MR_158A_at_Swanwick_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/MR_158A_at_Swanwick_1.jpg/440px-MR_158A_at_Swanwick_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3945" data-file-height="3097" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway" title="Midland Railway">Midland Railway</a> 158A of 1866</figcaption></figure> <p>Before 1846, the type was used on the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway" title="Liverpool and Manchester Railway">Liverpool and Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_and_Gloucester_Railway" title="Birmingham and Gloucester Railway">Birmingham and Gloucester</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Midland_Railway" title="North Midland Railway">North Midland</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_and_South_Western_Railway" title="London and South Western Railway">London and South Western Railways</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:790_Hardwicke_at_NRM_York_-_DSC07757.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/790_Hardwicke_at_NRM_York_-_DSC07757.JPG/220px-790_Hardwicke_at_NRM_York_-_DSC07757.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/790_Hardwicke_at_NRM_York_-_DSC07757.JPG/330px-790_Hardwicke_at_NRM_York_-_DSC07757.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/790_Hardwicke_at_NRM_York_-_DSC07757.JPG/440px-790_Hardwicke_at_NRM_York_-_DSC07757.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/LNWR_Improved_Precedent_Class" title="LNWR Improved Precedent Class">LNWR's Improved Precedent class</a> <i>Hardwicke</i> at York Railway Museum</figcaption></figure> <p>Between 1846 and 1880, the 2-4-0 was the standard type for passenger and <a href="/wiki/Mixed-traffic_locomotive" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixed-traffic locomotive">mixed-traffic locomotives</a> and was built in large numbers by, amongst others, the LNWR (1846–96), the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway" title="Midland Railway">Midland Railway</a> (1846–1880), the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" title="Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)">Great Northern Railway</a> (1849–97), the <a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Railway_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="North Eastern Railway (UK)">North Eastern Railway</a> (1856–88) and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Eastern_Railway" title="Great Eastern Railway">Great Eastern Railway</a> (1856–1902). </p><p>Most United Kingdom railways used 2-4-0s, including those designed by <a href="/wiki/James_Holden_(engineer)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Holden (engineer)">James Holden</a> on the Great Eastern Railway, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Kirtley" title="Matthew Kirtley">Matthew Kirtley</a> on the Midland Railway, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Armstrong_(engineer)" title="Joseph Armstrong (engineer)">Joseph Armstrong</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Francis_Webb_(engineer)" title="Francis Webb (engineer)">Francis Webb</a> on the <a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Western_Railway" title="London and North Western Railway">London and North Western Railway</a>. One of the latter's types, the <a href="/wiki/LNWR_Improved_Precedent_Class" title="LNWR Improved Precedent Class">Improved Precedent Class</a> <i>Hardwicke</i> famously set outstanding records for the LNWR during the <a href="/wiki/Race_to_the_North" title="Race to the North">Race to the North</a> in 1895. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-0&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Virginia_and_Truckee_J.W._Bowker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Virginia_and_Truckee_J.W._Bowker.jpg/220px-Virginia_and_Truckee_J.W._Bowker.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Virginia_and_Truckee_J.W._Bowker.jpg/330px-Virginia_and_Truckee_J.W._Bowker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Virginia_and_Truckee_J.W._Bowker.jpg/440px-Virginia_and_Truckee_J.W._Bowker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4666" data-file-height="3111" /></a><figcaption>Virginia and Truckee 21 <i>J.W. Bowker</i>, the last remaining Baldwin 2-4-0</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baldwin_2-4-0,_Denver_%26_Rio_Grande_Montezuma,_1871.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Baldwin_2-4-0%2C_Denver_%26_Rio_Grande_Montezuma%2C_1871.jpg/220px-Baldwin_2-4-0%2C_Denver_%26_Rio_Grande_Montezuma%2C_1871.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Baldwin_2-4-0%2C_Denver_%26_Rio_Grande_Montezuma%2C_1871.jpg/330px-Baldwin_2-4-0%2C_Denver_%26_Rio_Grande_Montezuma%2C_1871.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Baldwin_2-4-0%2C_Denver_%26_Rio_Grande_Montezuma%2C_1871.jpg/440px-Baldwin_2-4-0%2C_Denver_%26_Rio_Grande_Montezuma%2C_1871.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2097" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works" title="Baldwin Locomotive Works">Baldwin's</a> <i>Montezuma</i> of 1871, the first locomotive built for the <a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad" title="Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad">Denver & Rio Grande</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In the collection of the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Railroad_Museum" title="California State Railroad Museum">California State Railroad Museum</a> is the <i>J.W. Bowker</i> locomotive, a <span class="nowrap">2-4-0</span> engine built by <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works" title="Baldwin Locomotive Works">Baldwin Locomotive Works</a> in 1875 for the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_and_Truckee_Railroad" title="Virginia and Truckee Railroad">Virginia and Truckee Railroad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, the <i>J.W. Bowker</i> is the sole remaining Baldwin 2-4-0 in existence. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Point" title="Cedar Point">Cedar Point</a> amusement park in <a href="/wiki/Sandusky,_Ohio" title="Sandusky, Ohio">Sandusky, Ohio</a>, four 2-4-0s run tourist trains around a 2 mi (3.2 km) loop of track alongside <a href="/wiki/Lake_Erie" title="Lake Erie">Lake Erie</a> and pass many of the park's attractions. Two of the 2-4-0s were built by <a href="/wiki/Vulcan_Iron_Works" title="Vulcan Iron Works">Vulcan Iron Works</a> as 0-4-0Ts in 1922 and 1923 and now run as the <i>Myron H.</i> no. 22 and <i>Judy K.</i> no. 44 respectively. They are the two main engines for the <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Point_%26_Lake_Erie_Railroad" title="Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad">Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad</a>. The third engine was built by <a href="/wiki/H.K._Porter,_Inc." title="H.K. Porter, Inc.">H.K. Porter, Inc.</a> as an 0-4-0T in 1942 and now runs as the <i>George R.</i> no. 4. The fourth engine was built by <a href="/wiki/Davenport_Locomotive_Works" title="Davenport Locomotive Works">Davenport Locomotive Works</a> as a 2-4-4T in 1927 and now runs as the <i>G. A. Boeckling</i> no. 1. No. 1 was converted from oil-burning in 2010 and all engines now run on coal. 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Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, 1965, p.58.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bradley (1965), pp.52-76.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Ellis" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton Ellis">Hamilton Ellis</a>, <i>Pictorial enclyclopaedia of railways,</i> p.54.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Holland_1-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Holland_1_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Holland_1_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHolland1971" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Holland, D.F. 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Newton Abbott, England: <a href="/wiki/David_%26_Charles" title="David & Charles">David & Charles</a>. pp. 15–17, 23. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7153-5382-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7153-5382-0"><bdi>978-0-7153-5382-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Steam+Locomotives+of+the+South+African+Railways&rft.place=Newton+Abbott%2C+England&rft.pages=15-17%2C+23&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1971&rft.isbn=978-0-7153-5382-0&rft.aulast=Holland&rft.aufirst=D.F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2-4-0" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SAR&H_Jun_1943-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SAR&H_Jun_1943_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAR&H_Jun_1943_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1943). <i>The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter I - The Period of the 4 ft. 8½ in. Gauge</i>. South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, June 1943. pp. 437-440.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bertram Baxter, British Locomotive Catalogue 1825-1923, Vol.1. 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title="2-10-10-2">2-10-10-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#edd4bd;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Articulated_locomotive" title="Articulated locomotive">Articulated locomotives</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Triplex_locomotive" title="Triplex locomotive">Triplex</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Multiplex_locomotive" title="Multiplex locomotive">Multiplex</a> types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2-8-8-8-2" class="mw-redirect" title="2-8-8-8-2">2-8-8-8-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-8-8-8-4" title="2-8-8-8-4">2-8-8-8-4</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Multiplex_locomotive#United_States" title="Multiplex locomotive">2-8-8-8-8-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multiplex_locomotive#Belgium" title="Multiplex locomotive">0-6-2+2-4-2-4-2+2-6-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multiplex_locomotive#Super-Garratt" title="Multiplex locomotive">2-6-6-2+2-6-6-2</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Multiplex_locomotive#Quintuplex_locomotives" title="Multiplex locomotive">2-8-8-8-8-8-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multiplex_locomotive#Quintuplex_locomotives" title="Multiplex locomotive">2-10-10-10-10-10-2</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Multiplex_locomotive#Hexaplex_locomotive" title="Multiplex locomotive">2-4-4-2+2-8-8-2+2-4-4-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#edd4bd;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Articulated_locomotive" title="Articulated locomotive">Articulated locomotives</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Engerth_locomotive" title="Engerth locomotive">Engerth</a> types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/0-4-4T" title="0-4-4T">0-4-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/0-4-6" class="mw-redirect" title="0-4-6">0-4-6</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2-6-4" 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