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4-6-2

wheel arrangement of a locomotive with 4 leading wheels, 6 driving wheels and 2 trailing wheels
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4-6-2
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4-6-2

Summary

4-6-2 is a wheel arrangement[1]. 4-6-2 ranks in the top 3% of wheel_arrangement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,354 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 4-6-2's instance of is recorded as wheel arrangement[3].
  • 4-6-2 is a type of locomotive[4].
  • 4-6-2's Commons category is recorded as 4-6-2 locomotives[5].
  • 4-6-2's topic's main category is recorded as Category:4-6-2 locomotives[6].
  • 4-6-2's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pacific'}[7].
  • 4-6-2's has part is recorded as driving wheel[8].
  • 4-6-2's has part is recorded as trailing wheel[9].
  • 4-6-2's has part is recorded as leading wheel[10].

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Designation and Status

4-6-2's instance of is recorded as wheel arrangement[3].

Cultural Significance

Things named for 4-6-2 include Pacific 231[11], a musical work/composition[12], founded in 1923[13].

Why It Matters

4-6-2 ranks in the top 3% of wheel_arrangement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,354 views/month).[2] 4-6-2 has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] 4-6-2 is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Entities named for 4-6-2 include Pacific 231[11], a musical work/composition[12], founded in 1923[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) of the class → driving wheel, trailing wheel, leading wheel
    Instance of → wheel arrangement
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536830805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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