0-4-4-2

In Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, an 0-4-4-2 is a locomotive that has no leading wheels, two sets of four driving wheels and two trailing wheels.

A Swiss narrow gauge 0-4-4-2T locomotive of the RhB in 1908.

Equivalent classifications

Other equivalent classifications are:

  • UIC classification: BB1 (also known as German classification and Italian classification)
  • French classification: 020+021
  • Turkish classification: 22+23
  • Swiss classification: 2/2+2/3

Examples

0-4-4-2Ts were built for Indonesia until 1962, becoming some of the last Mallets built in the world.


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