2-4-2+2-4-2

Locomotive wheel arrangement

2-4-2+2-4-2

Equivalent classifications
UIC class	1B1+1B1, 1’B1’+1’B1’
French class	121+121
Turkish class	24+24
Swiss class	2/4+2/4, 4/8 from the 1920s
Russian class	1-2-1+1-2-1

First known tank engine version
First use	1943
Country	Brazil
Railway	Leopoldina Railway
Designer	Beyer, Peacock and Company
Builder	Beyer, Peacock and Company
Evolved from	2-4-0+0-4-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, the 2-4-2+2-4-2 is a Garratt locomotive. The wheel arrangement is effectively two 2-4-2 locomotives operating back to back, with the boiler and cab suspended between the two power units. Each power unit has a single pair of leading wheels in a leading truck, followed by two coupled pairs of driving wheels, with a single pair of trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

Overview

This was the rarest of all Garratt types, with only one class of four locomotives constructed to this wheel arrangement.^[1] It most likely evolved from the 2-4-0+0-4-2 Double Porter Garratt, with the trailing wheels added on each engine unit to improve stability at speed.

**2-4-2+2-4-2 Garratt production list – All manufacturers**^[1]
Gauge	Railway	Numbers	Works no.	Units	Year	Builder
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge	Leopoldina Railway, Brazil	400-403	6976-6979	4	1943	Beyer, Peacock

Usage

Brazil

All four 2-4-2+2-4-2 locomotives were built in 1943 by Beyer, Peacock and Company for the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Leopoldina Railway in Brazil. The locomotives were allocated engine numbers in the range from 400 to 403 on that system.^[1]