4-2-4 (locomotive)
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For the 4-2-4 formation in football (soccer), see Formation (football)#4-2-4.
In Whyte notation, a 4-2-4 is a steam locomotive that has a four-wheel leading truck, one powered driving axle and a four-wheel unpowered trailing truck. Some 4-2-4 tank engines were called "Bicycles."
The equivalent UIC classification is 2'A2'.
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| Steam locomotive types |
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| Single engine types |
| 0-2-2 | 2-2-0 | 2-2-2 | 2-2-4 | 4-2-0 | 4-2-2 | 4-2-4 | 6-2-0 |
| 0-4-0 | 0-4-2 | 0-4-4 | 2-4-0 | 2-4-2 | 2-4-4 | 4-4-0 | 4-4-2 | 4-4-4 |
| 0-6-0 | 0-6-2 | 0-6-4 | 2-6-0 | 2-6-2 | 2-6-4 | 2-6-6 | 4-6-0 | 4-6-2 | 4-6-4 |
| 0-8-0 | 0-8-2 | 0-8-4 | 2-8-0 | 2-8-2 | 2-8-4 | 2-8-6 | 4-8-0 | 4-8-2 | 4-8-4 | 4-8-6 | 6-8-6 |
| 0-10-0 | 0-10-2 | 2-10-0 | 2-10-2 | 2-10-4 | 4-10-0 | 4-10-2 |
| 0-12-0 | 2-12-0 | 2-12-2 | 2-12-4 | 4-12-2 | 4-14-4 |
| Duplex engine types |
| 4-4-4-4 | 6-4-4-6 | 4-4-6-4 | 4-6-4-4 |
| Garratt (articulated) types |
| 0-4-0+0-4-0 | 2-6-0+0-6-2 | 4-6-2+2-6-4 | 2-8-0+0-8-2 | 4-8-4+4-8-4 |
| Mallet (articulated) types |
| 0-4-4-0 | 0-4-4-2 | 2-4-4-2 |
| 0-6-6-0 | 2-6-6-0 | 2-6-6-2 | 2-6-6-4 | 2-6-6-6 | 2-6-8-0 | 4-6-6-2 | 4-6-6-4 |
| 0-8-8-0 | 2-8-8-0 | 2-8-8-2 | 2-8-8-4 | 4-8-8-2 | 4-8-8-4 |
| 2-10-10-2 | 2-8-8-8-2 | 2-8-8-8-4 |
