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4-4-0 ~ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pennsylvania Railroad class
D6 4-4-0 #317, built in
1881. This high-drivered (78") passenger locomotive is coal-fired, indicated by the straight stack. Elaborate decoration is now out of fashion.
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In the following decade, locomotive manufacturers began extending the wheelbase of both the leading bogie and the driving axles. By placing the axles farther from each other, manufacturers were able to mount a wider boiler completely above the wheels that extended beyond the sides of the wheels. This gave newer locomotives increased heating and steam capacity which translated to higher tractive effort. It was in this decade, the
1850s that the 4-4-0 began to look like the locomotives that are preserved today. There are fewer than 40 surviving 4-4-0s in the United States today, not counting reproductions.
The design and subsequent improvements of the 4-4-0 proved so successful that by 1872, 60% of Baldwin's locomotive construction was of this type, and it is estimated that fully 85% of all locomotives in operation in the USA were 4-4-0s. However, the 4-4-0 was soon supplanted by bigger designs, like the
2-6-0 and
2-8-0, even though the 4-4-0 was still favored for express services. The widespread adoption of the
4-6-0 and even larger locomotives helped seal its fate as a product of the past. By 1900, the 4-4-0 was obsolete in US locomotive manufacture, although they continued to serve
branch lines and private industry into the mid
20th century. The last 4-4-0 built was a diminutive Baldwin product in
1945, built for the
United of Yucatan Railways.
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Steam locomotive types
| Single engine types
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0-2-2,
2-2-0,
2-2-2,
2-2-4,
4-2-0,
4-2-2,
4-2-4,
6-2-0
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0-4-0,
0-4-2,
0-4-4,
2-4-0,
2-4-2,
2-4-4,
4-4-0,
4-4-2,
4-4-4
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0-6-0,
0-6-2,
0-6-4,
2-6-0,
2-6-2,
2-6-4,
4-6-0,
4-6-2,
4-6-4
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0-8-0,
0-8-2,
2-8-0,
2-8-2,
2-8-4,
4-8-0,
4-8-2,
4-8-4,
6-8-6
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0-10-0,
0-10-2,
2-10-0,
2-10-2,
2-10-4,
4-10-0,
4-10-2
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0-12-0,
2-12-0,
2-12-2,
2-12-4,
4-12-2
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4-14-4
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4-4-4-4,
6-4-4-6,
4-4-6-4,
4-6-4-4
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Mallet
(articulated) types
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0-4-4-0,
0-4-4-2,
2-4-4-2
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0-6-6-0,
2-6-6-0,
2-6-6-2,
2-6-6-4,
2-6-6-6,
4-6-6-4,
2-6-8-0
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0-8-8-0,
2-8-8-0,
2-8-8-2,
2-8-8-4,
4-8-8-2,
4-8-8-4
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2-10-10-2,
2-8-8-8-2,
2-8-8-8-4
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