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searchaux" style="display:none">Locomotive wheel arrangement</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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It was later bought by <a href="/wiki/VR_Group" title="VR Group">Finnish State Railways</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox collapsible" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #ffdead; font-size:100%; padding-left:3em;">Equivalent classifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;"><a href="/wiki/UIC_classification_of_locomotive_axle_arrangements" title="UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements">UIC class</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1B1, 1'B1'</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; 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color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #ffdead; font-size:100%; padding-left:3em;">First known tank 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">1863</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%;">Locomotive</th><td class="infobox-data">No. 21 <i>White Raven</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Railway</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St_Helens_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="St Helens Railway">St Helens Railway</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%;">Designer</th><td class="infobox-data">James Cross</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Builder</th><td class="infobox-data">Sutton Works</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox collapsible" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; 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">1877</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">New Zealand</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.225em; line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.75em; width:36%;">Locomotive</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NZR_K_class_(1877)" title="NZR K class (1877)">K class</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%;">Railway</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Railways_Department" title="New Zealand Railways Department">New Zealand Railways</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%;">Builder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Locomotive_and_Machine_Works" title="Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works">Rogers Locomotive Works</a></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">2-4-2</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 two <a href="/wiki/Trailing_wheel" title="Trailing wheel">trailing wheels</a> on one axle. The type is sometimes named <b>Columbia</b> after a <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works" title="Baldwin Locomotive Works">Baldwin</a> <span class="nowrap">2-4-2</span> locomotive was showcased at the 1893 <a href="/wiki/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition" title="World's Columbian Exposition">World's Columbian Exposition</a> held at Chicago, Illinois. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <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=2-4-2&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The wheel arrangement was widely used on passenger <a href="/wiki/Tank_locomotive" title="Tank locomotive">tank locomotives</a> during the last three decades of the nineteenth and the first decade of the twentieth centuries. The vast majority of 2-4-2 locomotives were <a href="/wiki/Tank_locomotive" title="Tank locomotive">tank engines</a>, designated 2-4-2T. The symmetrical wheel arrangement was well suited for a tank locomotive that is used to work in either direction. </p><p>When the leading and trailing wheels are in swivelling trucks, the equivalent UIC classification is <b>1'B1'</b>. </p><p>While a number of 2-4-2 <a href="/wiki/Tender_locomotive" class="mw-redirect" title="Tender locomotive">tender locomotives</a> were built, larger tender locomotive types soon became dominant. </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=2-4-2&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cape_of_Good_Hope">Cape of Good Hope</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-2&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cape of Good Hope"><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:Walvisbaai_2-4-2T.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Walvisbaai_2-4-2T.jpg/220px-Walvisbaai_2-4-2T.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Walvisbaai_2-4-2T.jpg/330px-Walvisbaai_2-4-2T.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Walvisbaai_2-4-2T.jpg/440px-Walvisbaai_2-4-2T.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3228" data-file-height="2544" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Walvis_Bay_2-4-2T_Hope" title="Walvis Bay 2-4-2T Hope">The engine <i>Hope</i></a>, c. 1948</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1899, the Walvis Bay Railway in the British territory of <a href="/wiki/Walvis_Bay" title="Walvis Bay">Walvis Bay</a>, a Cape of Good Hope <a href="/wiki/Enclave_and_exclave" title="Enclave and exclave">exclave</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Deutsch-S%C3%BCdwest-Afrika" class="mw-redirect" title="Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika">Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika</a></i> (German South West Africa), placed a single tank locomotive in service. The <a href="/wiki/Walvis_Bay_2-4-2T" class="mw-redirect" title="Walvis Bay 2-4-2T">engine, named <i>Hope</i></a> and built by <a href="/wiki/Kerr,_Stuart_and_Company" title="Kerr, Stuart and Company">Kerr, Stuart and Company</a>, remained in service until 1904 when operations on the railway were suspended. The line was abandoned in 1905, partly as a result of being buried by a sandstorm.<sup id="cite_ref-SAR&H_Jan_1948_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAR&H_Jan_1948-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dulez_150_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dulez_150-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finland">Finland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-2&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Finland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 2-4-2 tank locomotive, built by <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works" title="Baldwin Locomotive Works">Baldwin Locomotive Works</a> in 1899 and used on the private <a href="/wiki/Raahe" title="Raahe">Raahe</a> track in <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>, was later bought by the <a href="/wiki/Finnish_State_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish State Railways">Finnish State Railways</a>. </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=2-4-2&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NZR_K_class_(1877)" title="NZR K class (1877)">NZR K class (1877)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K_88_at_The_Plains.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/K_88_at_The_Plains.jpg/220px-K_88_at_The_Plains.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/K_88_at_The_Plains.jpg/330px-K_88_at_The_Plains.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/K_88_at_The_Plains.jpg/440px-K_88_at_The_Plains.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/NZR_K_class_(1877)" title="NZR K class (1877)">K class</a> no. K88 <i>Washington</i></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1877, when the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Railways_Department" title="New Zealand Railways Department">New Zealand Railways</a> needed new motive power, the road turned to the <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Locomotive_and_Machine_Works" title="Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works">Rogers Locomotive Works</a> who supplied eight 2-4-2 tender locomotives between 1877 and 1879 that were designated the "K" class. These were the first American-built locomotives in New Zealand and proved to be quite successful. </p><p>Three of these locomotives have been preserved. No. K88 <i>Washington</i> was used on the first through train between Christchurch and Dunedin in 1877. After fifty years of service, <i>Washington</i> was dumped in the Oreti River, Southland, as a flood protection measure. In 1974, the locomotive was exhumed from her watery grave and, over the next eight years, restored to full active service. </p><p>Sister locomotives numbers K92 and K94 have also been salvaged from the Oreti river. No. K92 has been restored to full active service and has re-established her position on the <a href="/wiki/Kingston_Flyer" title="Kingston Flyer">Kingston Flyer</a> train, which was made famous by the K class at the end of the 19th century. </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=2-4-2&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LNWR_5ft_6in_2-4-2_Tank.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/LNWR_5ft_6in_2-4-2_Tank.jpg/220px-LNWR_5ft_6in_2-4-2_Tank.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/LNWR_5ft_6in_2-4-2_Tank.jpg/330px-LNWR_5ft_6in_2-4-2_Tank.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/LNWR_5ft_6in_2-4-2_Tank.jpg/440px-LNWR_5ft_6in_2-4-2_Tank.jpg 2x" data-file-width="798" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>London and North Western Railway 2-4-2T</figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest British use of the 2-4-2 wheel arrangement appears to have been no. 21 <i>White Raven</i>, supplied to the <a href="/wiki/St_Helens_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="St Helens Railway">St Helens Railway</a> by James Cross of Sutton Works in 1863. It was soon rebuilt as a <a href="/wiki/2-4-0" title="2-4-0">2-4-0</a> <a href="/wiki/Tender_locomotive" class="mw-redirect" title="Tender locomotive">tender locomotive</a> and eventually passed into the stock of the <a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Western_Railway" title="London and North Western Railway">London and North Western Railway</a> (L&NWR).<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> </p><p>In 1864, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sinclair_(locomotive_engineer)" title="Robert Sinclair (locomotive engineer)">Robert Sinclair</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Eastern_Railway" title="Great Eastern Railway">Great Eastern Railway</a> designed the first of six 2-4-2 tank classes built by the railway, eventually totalling 262 locomotives by 1912. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Francis_Webb_(engineer)" title="Francis Webb (engineer)">Francis Webb</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Locomotives_of_the_London_and_North_Western_Railway" title="Locomotives of the London and North Western Railway">London and North Western Railway</a> also designed two 2-4-2 classes which eventually totaled 380 locomotives, built between 1879 and 1898. </p><p>Other railway companies that built large numbers of the type included the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway" title="Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway">Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway</a> (L&YR) with 330 locomotives built between 1889 and 1911, the <a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Railway_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="North Eastern Railway (UK)">North Eastern Railway</a> with 60 locomotives built between 1886 and 1892 and the <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Sheffield_and_Lincolnshire_Railway" title="Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway">Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway</a> with 49 locomotives built between 1889 and 1898. One of <a href="/wiki/John_Aspinall_(engineer)" title="John Aspinall (engineer)">John Aspinall's</a> <a href="/wiki/L%26YR_Class_5" title="L&YR Class 5">Class 5</a> locomotives, built for the L&YR in 1889, is preserved at the <a href="/wiki/National_Railway_Museum" title="National Railway Museum">National Railway Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/York" title="York">York</a>. </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=2-4-2&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: United States"><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:St._Louis,_Iron_Mountain_%26_Southern_-5_(Porter_2-4-2)_-_10570956923.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/St._Louis%2C_Iron_Mountain_%26_Southern_-5_%28Porter_2-4-2%29_-_10570956923.jpg/220px-St._Louis%2C_Iron_Mountain_%26_Southern_-5_%28Porter_2-4-2%29_-_10570956923.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/St._Louis%2C_Iron_Mountain_%26_Southern_-5_%28Porter_2-4-2%29_-_10570956923.jpg/330px-St._Louis%2C_Iron_Mountain_%26_Southern_-5_%28Porter_2-4-2%29_-_10570956923.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/St._Louis%2C_Iron_Mountain_%26_Southern_-5_%28Porter_2-4-2%29_-_10570956923.jpg/440px-St._Louis%2C_Iron_Mountain_%26_Southern_-5_%28Porter_2-4-2%29_-_10570956923.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Iron_Mountain_and_Southern_Railway_5" title="St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway 5">St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway 5</a> was built as a 2-4-2T, but it was later modified as a tender engine by the <a href="/wiki/Crab_Orchard_and_Egyptian_Railway" title="Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railway">Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railway</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The tank-type 2-4-2T was common in the U.S. around the dawn of the twentieth century in both suburban passenger service and on logging railroads. The <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works" title="Baldwin Locomotive Works">Baldwin Locomotive Works</a> built a demonstrator tender type engine which was displayed at the Columbian Exposition of 1893. This led to the type's name. This locomotive featured ambitious seven foot tall driving wheels, and was one of the first tender-equipped locomotives with a trailing truck. This freed the firebox from having to sit narrowly between, or above, the drive wheels, and was a very influential design. </p><p>This inspired three major U.S. railroads (<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad" title="Atlantic Coast Line Railroad">Atlantic Coast Line</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad" title="Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad">Burlington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reading_Company" title="Reading Company">Reading</a>) to purchase a few of the type. But the two-wheeled lead truck was never well-suited to high speed service on far-flung North American rails. Some were converted to <a href="/wiki/4-4-2_(locomotive)" title="4-4-2 (locomotive)">4-4-2</a> Atlantic types and others were converted to <a href="/wiki/4-6-0" title="4-6-0">4-6-0</a> Ten Wheelers. The display locomotive was donated to Columbia University. In one respect, however, it was a success. A great many Atlantic types would follow, most based on the design.<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> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_fiction">In fiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-2&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The character <i>Sammy</i> from <a href="/wiki/Sammy_the_Shunter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sammy the Shunter">Sammy the Shunter</a> is based on a British 2-4-2. Two 2-4-2s named <i>Pete</i> and <i>Georgia</i> appear in the 1991 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Engine_That_Could_(1991_film)" title="The Little Engine That Could (1991 film)">The Little Engine That Could</a></i>. <i>Albert</i> from <a href="/wiki/The_Railway_Series" title="The Railway Series">The Railway Series</a> has this wheel arrangement. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Model_railroading">Model railroading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-2&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Model railroading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Corporation" title="Lionel Corporation">Lionel Corporation</a> used the 2-4-2 configuration in many of its O-27 locomotives.<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> In the United States, this may be the most famous usage of a 2-4-2 configuration locomotive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2-4-2&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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title="2-6-4">2-6-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-6-6T" title="2-6-6T">2-6-6T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-6-0" title="4-6-0">4-6-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-6-2" title="4-6-2">4-6-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-6-4" title="4-6-4">4-6-4</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/0-8-0" title="0-8-0">0-8-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/0-8-2" title="0-8-2">0-8-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/0-8-4T" title="0-8-4T">0-8-4T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/0-8-6" class="mw-redirect" title="0-8-6">0-8-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-8-0" title="2-8-0">2-8-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-8-2" title="2-8-2">2-8-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-8-4" title="2-8-4">2-8-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-8-6" class="mw-redirect" title="2-8-6">2-8-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-8-0" title="4-8-0">4-8-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-8-2" title="4-8-2">4-8-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-8-4" title="4-8-4">4-8-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-8-6" title="4-8-6">4-8-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6-8-6" title="6-8-6">6-8-6</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/0-10-0" title="0-10-0">0-10-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/0-10-2" title="0-10-2">0-10-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-10-0" title="2-10-0">2-10-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-10-2" title="2-10-2">2-10-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-10-4" title="2-10-4">2-10-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-10-0" title="4-10-0">4-10-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-10-2" title="4-10-2">4-10-2</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/0-12-0" title="0-12-0">0-12-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-12-0" title="2-12-0">2-12-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-12-2" title="2-12-2">2-12-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-12-4T" title="2-12-4T">2-12-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific_9000_Class" title="Union Pacific 9000 Class">4-12-2</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_locomotive_class_AA20" title="Soviet locomotive class AA20">4-14-4</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#edd4bd;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Divided_drive_(locomotive)" title="Divided drive (locomotive)">Divided drive</a> and <br /><a href="/wiki/Duplex_locomotive" title="Duplex locomotive">Duplex</a> engine 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/0-2-2-0" title="0-2-2-0">0-2-2-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-2-2-0" title="2-2-2-0">2-2-2-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-2-2-2" title="2-2-2-2">2-2-2-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-2-4-0T" title="2-2-4-0T">2-2-4-0T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-2-2-0" title="4-2-2-0">4-2-2-0</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2-4-6-2" title="2-4-6-2">2-4-6-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-4-4-4" title="4-4-4-4">4-4-4-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6-4-4-6" title="6-4-4-6">6-4-4-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-4-6-4" title="4-4-6-4">4-4-6-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-6-4-4" title="4-6-4-4">4-6-4-4</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/Fairlie_locomotive" title="Fairlie locomotive">Fairlie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meyer_locomotive" title="Meyer locomotive">Meyer</a> <br />and <a href="/wiki/Garratt_locomotive" title="Garratt locomotive">Garratt</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/0-4-0%2B0-4-0" title="0-4-0+0-4-0">0-4-0+0-4-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-4-0%2B0-4-2" title="2-4-0+0-4-2">2-4-0+0-4-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-4-2%2B2-4-2" title="2-4-2+2-4-2">2-4-2+2-4-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-4-2%2B2-4-4" title="4-4-2+2-4-4">4-4-2+2-4-4</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/0-6-0%2B0-6-0" title="0-6-0+0-6-0">0-6-0+0-6-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/0-6-2%2B2-6-0" class="mw-redirect" title="0-6-2+2-6-0">0-6-2+2-6-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-6-0%2B0-6-2" title="2-6-0+0-6-2">2-6-0+0-6-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-6-2%2B2-6-2" title="2-6-2+2-6-2">2-6-2+2-6-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-6-0%2B0-6-4" title="4-6-0+0-6-4">4-6-0+0-6-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-6-2%2B2-6-4" title="4-6-2+2-6-4">4-6-2+2-6-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-6-4%2B4-6-4" title="4-6-4+4-6-4">4-6-4+4-6-4</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2-8-0%2B0-8-2" title="2-8-0+0-8-2">2-8-0+0-8-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-8-2%2B2-8-2" title="2-8-2+2-8-2">2-8-2+2-8-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-8-0%2B0-8-4" title="4-8-0+0-8-4">4-8-0+0-8-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-8-2%2B2-8-4" title="4-8-2+2-8-4">4-8-2+2-8-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-8-4%2B4-8-4" title="4-8-4+4-8-4">4-8-4+4-8-4</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/Mallet_locomotive" title="Mallet locomotive">Mallet</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/0-4-4-0" title="0-4-4-0">0-4-4-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/0-4-4-2" title="0-4-4-2">0-4-4-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-4-4-0" title="2-4-4-0">2-4-4-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-4-4-2" title="2-4-4-2">2-4-4-2</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/0-6-6-0" title="0-6-6-0">0-6-6-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-6-6-0" title="2-6-6-0">2-6-6-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-6-6-2" title="2-6-6-2">2-6-6-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-6-6-4" title="2-6-6-4">2-6-6-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-6-6-6" title="2-6-6-6">2-6-6-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-6-8-0" title="2-6-8-0">2-6-8-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-4-6-2" title="4-4-6-2">4-4-6-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-6-6-2" title="4-6-6-2">4-6-6-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-6-6-4" title="4-6-6-4">4-6-6-4</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/0-8-6-0" class="mw-redirect" title="0-8-6-0">0-8-6-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/0-8-8-0" title="0-8-8-0">0-8-8-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-8-8-0" title="2-8-8-0">2-8-8-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-8-8-2" title="2-8-8-2">2-8-8-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2-8-8-4" title="2-8-8-4">2-8-8-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-8-8-2" title="4-8-8-2">4-8-8-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4-8-8-4" title="4-8-8-4">4-8-8-4</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2-10-10-2" 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 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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" title="2-6-4">2-6-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/0-6-4" class="mw-redirect" title="0-6-4">0-6-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Co-Bo" title="Co-Bo">0-6-4-0</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/0-8-4T" title="0-8-4T">0-8-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/0-8-6" class="mw-redirect" title="0-8-6">0-8-6</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#edd4bd;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geared_locomotive" class="mw-redirect" title="Geared locomotive">Geared locomotives</a></th><td 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