Invention and Engineering

4-10-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, 4-10-2 represents the arrangement of four leading wheels, ten powered and coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels. In South Africa, where the wheel arrangement was first used, the type was known as a Reid Tenwheeler. In the United States of America it was known as a Southern Pacific on the Southern Pacific Railroad and as an Overland on the Union Pacific Railroad.

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• ▸Ampex
• ▸Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Charlotte, North Carolina)
• ▸Electric locomotive

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