2-8-8-0

In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-8-8-0 is a locomotive with a two-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and no trailing truck.

Other equivalent classifications are:

UIC classification: 1DD (also known as German classification and Italian classification)

French classification: 140+040

Turkish classification: 45+44

Swiss classification: 4/5+4/4

The UIC classification is refined to (1'D)D for Mallet locomotives.

The Great Northern Railway owned some of these; and it was called the "Bull Moose" type.

External links

* [http://www.toytrains1.com/articulated3.htm Web Site of ToyTrains1 2-8-8-0 Bull Moose Articulated Steam Locomotives]