4-8-4+4-8-4

First known tank engine version
First known tank engine version
First use	1939
Country	Kenya & Uganda
Locomotive	KUR EC3 class
Railway	Kenya-Uganda Railway
Designer	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Evolved from	4-8-2+2-8-4

Equivalent classifications
Equivalent classifications
UIC class	2D2+2D2
French class	242+242
Turkish class	48+48
Swiss class	4/8+4/8, 8/16 from the 1920s
Russian class	2-4-2+2-4-2

4-8-4+4-8-4
	KUR EC3 class, 1939
UIC class
Equivalent classifications
UIC class	2D2+2D2
French class	242+242
Turkish class	48+48
Swiss class	4/8+4/8, 8/16 from the 1920s
Russian class	2-4-2+2-4-2
First use
First known tank engine version
First use	1939
Country	Kenya & Uganda
Locomotive	KUR EC3 class
Railway	Kenya-Uganda Railway
Designer	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Evolved from	4-8-2+2-8-4

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, the 4-8-4+4-8-4 is a Garratt locomotive. The wheel arrangement is effectively two 4-8-4 locomotives operating back to back, with the boiler and cab suspended between the two engine units. Each engine unit has two pairs of leading wheels in a leading bogie, followed by four coupled pairs of driving wheels and two pairs of trailing wheels in a trailing bogie.

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