Class (locomotive)

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A class of locomotives is a group of locomotives built to a common design, typically for a single railroad or railway. Classes can vary between country, manufacturer, and company. For example, the United States generally used the Whyte notation for steam locomotive classification, but the Baldwin Locomotive Works had their own classification system. A list of locomotive classification systems follows:

United States of America

• Whyte notation
• AAR wheel arrangement
• Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive classification
• List of Milwaukee Road locomotives
• List of Norfolk and Western Railway locomotives

Britain

• British Rail locomotive and multiple unit numbering and classification
• List of British Rail classes
• Locomotives of the Caledonian Railway
• Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway
• Locomotives of the Midland Railway
• GWR locomotive numbering and classification
• SR locomotive numbering and classification
• Southern Railway multiple unit numbering and classification
• LMS locomotive numbering and classification
• LNER locomotive numbering and classification
• Steam locomotives of British Railways

Ireland

• Steam locomotives of Ireland
• Diesel locomotives of Ireland
• Multiple units of Ireland

Germany

• List of Bavarian locomotives and railbuses
• German locomotive classification
• DRG locomotive classification
• DR locomotive classification
• DB locomotive classification
• UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements

Finland

• List of Finnish locomotives

France

• List of SNCF classes

Indonesia

• List of locomotives in Indonesia

Russia

• List of Russian steam locomotive classes

China

• List of locomotives in China

Switzerland

• List of stock used by Swiss Federal Railways
• Swiss locomotive and railcar classification

South Africa

• South African locomotive numbering and classification
• List of South African locomotive classes

Japan

• Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification

New Zealand

• Locomotives of New Zealand

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