Various suffixes are also used to denote the different types of internal combustion locomotives:
In American (and to a lesser extent British) practice, most wheel arrangements in common use were given names, sometimes from the name of the first such locomotive built. For example, the 2-2-0 type arrangement is named Planet, after the 1830 locomotive on which it was first used. (This naming convention is similar to the naming of warship classes.) Note that several wheel arrangements had multiple names, and some names were only used in some countries.
Wheel arrangements under the Whyte system are listed below. In the diagrams, the front of the locomotive is to the left.
In the various names above of a 4-8-4, omitted was the letters "F E F" which simply means: four eight four.
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