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{{Short description|Locomotive wheel arrangement}} {{Infobox steam wheel arrangement | name = 2-10-4 (Texas) | image = WheelArrangement 2-10-4.svg | alt = Diagram of one small leading wheel, five large driving wheels joined together with a coupling rod, and two small trailing wheels | caption = Front of locomotive at left | image2 = Atsf2-10-4.png | alt2 = | caption2 = ATSF 5001 Class Texas type <!--Equivalent classifications--> | hatnote = | UIC/Germany/Italy= 1E2, 1β²E2β² | French/Spanish = 152 | Turkish = 58 | Swiss = 5/8 | Russian = 1-5-2 <!--First known tank engine version--> | date = | country = | locomotive = | railway = | designer = | builder = | evolvedfrom = | evolvedto = | mainbenefit = | maindrawback = <!--First known tender engine version--> | date2 = 1919 | country2 = United States | locomotive2 = No. 3829 | railway2 = [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] | designer2 = [[Baldwin Locomotive Works]] | builder2 = Baldwin Locomotive Works | evolvedfrom2 = [[2-10-2]], [[2-8-4]] | mainbenefit2 = Larger firebox than 2-10-2, more power than 2-8-4 | maindrawback2 = Less speed from small drivers <!--First known "True type" version--> | date3 = | country3 = | locomotive3 = | railway3 = | designer3 = | builder3 = | evolvedfrom3 = | evolvedto3 = | mainbenefit3 = | maindrawback3 = }} Under the [[Whyte notation]] for the classification of [[steam locomotive]]s, a '''{{nowrap|2-10-4}}''' locomotive has two [[leading wheel]]s on one axle, usually in a [[Bissel truck]], ten coupled [[driving wheel]]s on five axles, and four [[trailing wheel]]s on two axles, usually in a bogie. These were referred to as the '''Texas''' type in most of the United States, the '''Colorado''' type on the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|Burlington Route]], and the '''Selkirk''' type in Canada.<ref name=Barris >{{Cite web |last=Barris |first=W. |url=http://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=2-10-4 |title=The Texas Type Locomotive }}</ref> {{TOC limit|3}}
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