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2-8-8-4

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Summary

2-8-8-4 is a wheel arrangement[1]. 2-8-8-4 draws 616 Wikipedia views per month (wheel arrangement category, ranking #27 of 64).[2]

Key Facts

  • Operator: Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway[3]
  • Manufacturer: Baldwin Locomotive Works[4]
  • Subclass of: articulated locomotive[5]
  • Commons category: 2-8-8-4 locomotives[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:2-8-8-4 locomotives[7]
  • Total produced: 18[8]

Why It Matters

2-8-8-4 is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Manufacturer → Baldwin Locomotive Works
    Image → WheelArrangement 2-8-8-4.svg
    Instance of → wheel arrangement
    Total produced → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+18'}
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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