0-4-4

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0-4-4 (plural 0-4-4s)

  1. Under the Whyte notation, a steam locomotive that has four coupled driving wheels followed by four trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.
    • 1959 January, John W. Grant, “Scottish 0-4-4 Tank Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 10:
      All the five Scottish railways had specimens of the type and it may fairly be said that the 0-4-4 was the commonest type of engine for suburban and local passenger work.

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