4-8-6

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title: 4-8-6
text: Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 4-8-6 locomotive would have had four leading wheels, eight coupled driving wheels and six trailing wheels. Other equivalent classifications are: UIC classification: 2D3 French classification: 243 Turkish classification: 49 Swiss classification: 4/9 This wheel arrangement was proposed by Lima Locomotive Works in 1949 as a continuation of their "Super Power" concept, essentially an expansion of the 4-8-4. A larger firebox simi
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