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2-10-4
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<p>Under the <a href="/facts/Whyte_notation/CDXVs2EM">Whyte notation</a> for the classification of <a href="/facts/Steam_locomotive/cXEQwhFk">steam locomotives</a>, a 2-10-4 represents the <a href="/facts/Wheel_arrangement/sNT4Qfct">wheel arrangement</a> of four <a href="/facts/Leading_wheel/d7H3lbXz">leading wheels</a>, ten powered and coupled <a href="/facts/Driving_wheel/9wTdcnDf">driving wheels</a>, and two <a href="/facts/Trailing_wheel/NvWezjQg">trailing wheels</a>. Typically using a <a href="/facts/Bissel_truck/tRHseKn0">Bissel truck</a> in front, these were referred to as the Texas type in most of the United States, the Colorado type on the <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad/9NmAud4K">Burlington Route</a>, and the Selkirk type in Canada. </p>