Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has two unpowered leading wheels, followed by eight coupled and powered driving wheels, and four trailing wheels. This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, though the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway used the name Kanawha for their 2-8-4s.

A 2-8-8-4 steam locomotive, under the Whyte notation, has two leading wheels, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck. The type was generally named the Yellowstone, a name given it by the first owner, the Northern Pacific …

This new 2-8-4 locomotive was sent to the Boston & Albany Railroad by Lima in the early spring of 1925 for tests on that railroad. In several test runs over a division of the railroad that crossed the Berkshire Hills, the demonstration locomotive, which carried road number "1" hauled up …

2024年11月6日 · The 2-8-4 Berkshire , a triumph of engineering elegance and functionality, stands out as one of the most stunning steam locomotives designed for medium to heavy-duty tasks. Renowned not only for their visual appeal, these engines also demonstrated remarkable prowess in hauling substantial freight loads.

2024年9月28日 · Today, just three of these magnificent locomotives are preserved. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 #230 steams southbound at Alborn, Minnesota with a heavy load of iron ore on May 17, 1959. The Yellowstone Type was also one of the longest steam locomotives ever built and could produce well over 6,000 hp in some classes.

Only one 2-8-8-8-4 was ever built, a Mallet-type for the Virginian Railway in 1916. [1] Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, it became the only example of their class XA, so named due to the experimental nature of the locomotive. Like the same railroad's large articulated electrics and the Erie Railroad 2-8-8-8-2s, it was nicknamed "Triplex".

Railroads that used 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" Locomotives in the USA (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)

A 2-8-8-4 steam locomotive, under the Whyte notation, has two leading wheels, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck. The type was generally named the Yellowstone, a name given it by the first owner, the Northern Pacific Railway, whose lines ran near Yellowstone...

In the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a railroad steam locomotive that has one unpowered leading axle followed by four powered driving axles and two unpowered trailing axles. This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, but they have also been referred to as a Kanawha.

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" Locomotives in the USA In the late 1930s the DM&IR was in need of new locomotives that would be able to handle 115-car, 8750-ton trains over .62% grades without stalling.