The Whytenotation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early 20th century.
Thus a Big Boy is written under this modified Whytenotation as a 4-8-8-4; there are two leading axles, one group of four driving axles, another group of four driving axles, and then two trailing axles.
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The first use of leading wheels is commonly attributed to the 4-2-0 (4-2-0: in the whytenotation, a 4-2-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that consists of...
In the Whytenotation the number designates the number of wheels rather than the number of axles, thus the first 2 in the Mikado's 2-8-2 refers to two wheels (one axle) while the first 4 in the Northern type's 4-8-4 (4-8-4: under the whytenotation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 4-8-4locomotive...
Whytenotation (Whytenotation: the whytenotation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised...
It is the system generally used in much of the world, but it was not widely used in the United Kingdom (other than partially on the Southern Railway (Great Britain) under chief engineer Oliver Bulleid) or in the United States; a simplified form is used in both countries for modern locomotives.
Whereas the Whytenotation counts wheels, the UIC notation counts axles (actually wheel sets since axles are not always present).
On most locomotives (except very early steam locomotives) non-driving axles are mounted on steerable bogies; this is sometimes indicated via the use of apostrophes in UIC notation, as 2-C1'.
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Whytenotation The Whytenotation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early 20th century
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In rail transport, B is the UIC classification for the locomotive wheel arrangement known as 0-4-0 home in the Whytenotation; a locomotive with two powered axles (and thus four wheels) in which the...
Image:Locotypes.gif thumb200pxA selection of early 20th centurylocomotive types according to their Whytenotation and their comparative size The '''Whytenotation''' for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early 20th century.
Simpler articulated types such as Mallet (locomotive) Mallets, where there are no unpowered axles in between powered axles, are just written by adding extra numbers in the middle; each number represents a grouping of wheels.
Thus a Union Pacific Big BoyBig Boy is written under this modified Whytenotation as a 4-8-8-4; there are two leading axles, one group of four driving axles, another group of four driving axles, and then two trailing axles.
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To derive the Whyte wheel arrangement, the number of wheels is counted starting with leading undriven carrying wheels, followed after a dash by the number of coupled driving wheels, another dash and finally the number of undriven trailing wheels.
Further information on applying the Whytenotation to some of the more complex articulated designs built in Britain for export may be provided in future editions of this thesaurus.
Whilst the Whytenotation has been applied to diesel shunting locomotives with coupled wheels, most diesel and electric locomotives are described using a notation developed from the European system of giving letters to the driven axles and numerals to the carrying axles.
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In rail transport, B is the UIC classification for the locomotive wheel arrangement known as 0-4-0 in the Whytenotation; a locomotive with two powered axles (and thus four wheels) in which the axles are linked by gearing or side rods.
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The Whytenotation for classifying steam locomotive s by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early 20th century.
Whyte's system counts the number of leading wheel s, then the number of driving wheel s, and finally the number of trailing wheel s, this being the common pattern of the conventional steam locomotive.
Simpler articulated types such as Mallet s, where there are no unpowered axles in between powered axles, are just written by adding extra numbers in the middle; each number represents a grouping of wheels.
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[click for more], the Whyte notationThe Whytenotation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early 20th century.
In the latter notation, some locomotives are effectively impossible to classify; UIC classification hand...
It is not used for steam locomotives; instead, the Whytenotation is used.
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The first use of leading wheels is commonly attributed to the 4-2-0 designs of John B. Jervis in 1832 (a locomotive type that has since become known as the Jervis type).
In the Whytenotation, leading wheels are designated by the first number in the series.
In the Whytenotation the number designates the number of wheels rather than the number of axles, thus the first 2 in the Mikado's 2-8-2 refers to two wheels (one axle) while the first 4 in the Northern type's 4-8-4 designation refers to four wheels (two axles).
Each class was identified by a letter followed by a number, the letter denoting the wheel arrangement of the class:
The middle number is the number of coupled, or driving, wheels, which are the powered wheels.
In mainland Europe axles are counted, rather than wheels, so that for instance a Pacific, which is 4-6-2 in the Whytenotation, is shown as 2-3-1 in European notation.
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