Whyte notation
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title:
Whyte notation
text:
The Whyte notation is a classification method for steam locomotives, and some internal combustion locomotives and electric locomotives, by wheel arrangement. It was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte, and came into use in the early twentieth century following a December 1900 editorial in American Engineer and Railroad Journal. The notation was adopted and remains in use in North America and the United Kingdom to describe the wheel arrangements of steam locomotives, but for modern locomotives, mu
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description:
Code for arrangement of locomotive wheels
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whyte_notation
date created:
2004-01-02T05:30:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T09:09:15Z
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