2-8-8-2
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A 2-8-8-2, in the Whyte notation for describing steam locomotive wheel arrangements, is an articulated locomotive with a two-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a two-wheel trai
Virginian Railway USB class 2-8-8-2 No. 727
Triplex locomotive
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A triplex locomotive was a steam locomotive that divided the driving force on its wheels by using three pairs of cylinders to drive three sets of driving wheels. Any such locomotive will inevitably be
The first Erie Class P-1, named Matt H. Shay
The only Class XA 2-8-8-8-4 triplex locomotive ever built, number 700, for the Virginian Railway, in 1916 during World War I
Baldwin Erie P1 5016 Triplex, an Erie Class P-1 locomotive, shown in Exeter, Pennsylvania
Virginian Railway Class AF