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In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, the is a Garratt articulated locomotive. The wheel arrangement is effectively two 4-8-4 locomotives operating back to back, with the boiler and cab suspended between the two engine units. Each engine unit has a two pairs of leading wheels in a leading bogie, followed by four coupled pairs of driving wheels, with two pairs of trailing wheels in a trailing bogie. Since the 4-8-4 type is sometimes known as a Northern, the corresponding Garratt type could be referred to as a Double Northern. Other equivalent classifications are: * UIC classification: 2D2+2D2 (also known as German and Italian classifications) * French classification: 242+242 * Turkish classification: 48+48 * Swiss classification: 4/8+4/8 up to the early 1920s, later 8/16 ==Overview== There were only two classes of 4-8-4+4-8-4 steam locomotives across the globe, all of which were constructed by Beyer, Peacock. The first to be built were thirty class EC3 for the Kenya Uganda Railway (KUR), constructed in three batches in 1939, 1940 and 1949. These later became classes 57 and 58 on the East African Railways (EAR).〔 The second were the AD60 class Garratts of the Australian New South Wales Government Railways, of which forty-seven were constructed in 1952. The last five of these were delivered in pieces, as spare parts.〔 One of the East African Railways locomotives survives, number 87 of 1940 in the Nairobi Railway Museum. Four of the New South Wales AD60 class have been preserved 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「4-8-4+4-8-4」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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