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the 4-4-4-6 wheel arrangement was a proposed wheel arrangement for a steam locomotive, in the Whyte notation for describing locomotive wheel arrangements, is one with four leading wheels, two sets of four driving wheels, and six trailing wheels, much like 6-4-4-4 but reversed in the opposite direction.

Other equivalent classifications are[]

  • UIC classification: 2BB3 (also known as German classification and Italian classification)
  • French classification: 2223

Proposed locomotive design[]

Main article: Pennsylvania Railroad Class S1.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Class S1 was originally going to use this wheel arrangement of 4-4-4-6, but, the Pennsylvania Railroad went for the 4-4-4-4 Wheel arrangement which would evolve into the 6-4-4-6 Wheel arrangement steam locomotive, which meant that the 4-4-4-6 wheel arrangement was never built.

Steam locomotive wheel arrangements (Whyte notation)
Single engine types 0-2-20-2-42-2-02-2-22-2-44-2-04-2-24-2-46-2-0

0-3-0 (monorail)

0-4-00-4-0+40-4-20-4-40-4-62-4-02-4-22-4-42-4-64-4-04-4-24-4-44-4-64-4-24-4-2

0-6-00-6-20-6-40-6-62-6-02-6-22-6-42-6-64-6-04-6-24-6-4

0-8-00-8-20-8-40-8-62-8-02-8-22-8-42-8-64-8-04-8-24-8-44-8-66-8-6

0-10-00-10-22-10-02-10-22-10-44-10-04-10-2

0-12-02-12-02-12-22-12-44-12-2

4-14-4

Divided drive and Duplex engine types 0-2-2-02-2-2-02-2-2-22-2-4-04-2-2-0

2-4-6-24-4-4-46-4-4-64-4-6-4

4-6-4-4

Articulated locomotives, Fairlie, Meyer and Garratt types 0-4-0+0-4-02-4-0+0-4-22-4-2+2-4-24-4-2+2-4-4

0-6-0+0-6-00-6-2+2-6-02-6-0+0-6-22-6-2+2-6-24-6-0+0-6-44-6-2+2-6-44-6-4+4-6-4

2-8-0+0-8-22-8-2+2-8-24-8-0+0-8-44-8-2+2-8-44-8-4+4-8-4

Articulated locomotives, Mallet types (includes Triplex types) 0-4-4-00-4-4-22-4-4-02-4-4-2

0-6-6-02-6-6-02-6-6-22-6-6-42-6-6-62-6-8-04-4-6-24-6-6-24-6-6-4

0-8-6-00-8-8-02-8-8-02-8-8-22-8-8-44-8-8-24-8-8-4

2-10-10-2

2-8-8-8-22-8-8-8-4

2-8-8-8-8-2

2-8-8-8-8-8-2

2-10-10-10-10-10-2

Articulated locomotives, Engerth types 0-4-40-4-6

2-6-20-6-40-6-4-0

Geared locomotives ShayClimaxHeislerWillamette
Never built 4-10-44-6-4-62-6-4-46-4-4-44-4-4-6
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