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{{Short description|Locomotive wheel arrangement}} {{For|usage in video production|Chroma subsampling}} [[Image:MR 4-2-2 673, Rocket 150, Rainhill, May 1980 Slides184 (9859805644) β edited.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Midland Railway 115 Class]] 4-2-2]] Under the [[Whyte notation]] for the classification of [[steam locomotive]]s, '''4-2-2''' represents the [[wheel arrangement]] of four [[leading wheel]]s on two axles, two powered [[driving wheel]]s on one axle, and two [[trailing wheel]]s on one axle. Other equivalent classifications are: :[[UIC classification]]: '''2A1''' :[[French classification]]: '''211''' :[[Turkish classification]]: '''14''' :[[Swiss classification]]: '''1/4''' Like other steam locomotive types with single pairs of driving wheels, they were also known as '''singles'''.
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