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Under the [[Whyte notation]] for the classification of [[steam locomotive]]s, '''2-2-4-0T''' represents the [[wheel arrangement]] of two [[leading wheel]]s on one axle, two [[driving wheels]] powered from the inside cylinders, four coupled [[driving wheel]]s powered from the outside cylinders but no [[trailing wheel]]s.
==Usage==
This unusual wheel arrangement appears only ever to have been used on one [[divided drive (locomotive)|divided drive]] [[compound locomotive|compound]] [[tank locomotive]] designed  by [[Francis Webb (engineer)|Francis Webb]] of the [[London and North Western Railway]], No. 777. The locomotive was nicknamed “Cold Dinners” which suggests that it was not successful. It was withdrawn in 1901.<ref>Bertram Baxter, ''British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923'', Vol.2B Moorland, 1979), p.210.</ref>
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==References==
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