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{{Short description|Tank locomotive wheel arrangement}} {{Refimprove|date=December 2009}} [[File:WheelArrangement 2-4-4.svg|thumb|right|200px|Diagramatic representation of 2-4-4. Front of engine to the left.]] [[Image:BRBL 6 Bldr.jpg|thumb|250px|2-4-4 [[Mason Bogie locomotive]] #6 on the [[Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad]] as built in 1886.]] [[File:Tk locomotive.jpg|thumb|250px|[[OKf100|Lithuanian Tk]]]] Under the [[Whyte notation]] for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, 2-4-4 is a [[steam locomotive]] with two unpowered [[leading wheel]]s followed by four powered [[driving wheel]]s and four unpowered [[trailing wheel]]s. This configuration was only used for [[tank locomotive]]s.
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