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- noun Under the Whyte notation system, a
Garratt steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts, with aboiler mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines mounted in opposite directions on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler, and each engine having a4-8-4 wheel configuration.
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