Guess the Name of the Steam Locomotive Based on Wheel Arrangements

-Wheel arrangement is via the Whyte Notation

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Hint	Answer
4-4-4-4	Duplex
4-4-2	Atlantic
4-6-2	Pacific
4-8-4 (Lehigh Valley)	Wyoming
4-6-6-4	Challenger
4-8-4 (New York Central)	Niagara
4-8-4 (Central of Georgia)	Big Apple
4-8-2	Mountain
4-8-4 (Canadian National)	Confederation
4-8-4 (Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western)	Pocono
4-8-8-4	Big Boy
4-8-4 (Southern Pacific)	Golden State/General Service
4-6-0	Ten-Wheeler
2-8-4 (Chesapeake & Ohio)	Kanawah
4-4-0	American
2-8-0	Consolidation
2-10-2	Santa Fe

Hint	Answer
4-8-2 (New York Central)	Mohawk
0-4-2	Jervis
2-6-6-6	Allegheny
4-8-4	Northern
4-12-2	9000 Class
4-8-4 (Western Maryland)	Potomac
4-8-4 (Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe)	Heavy Mountain/New Mountain
2-6-2	Prarie
4-8-4 (Union Pacific)	FEF
4-6-4	Hudson
4-8-4 (Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis)	Dixie
4-8-4 (Chesapeake & Ohio)	Greenbrier
2-8-2	Mikado/MacArthur
2-10-0	Decapod
2-10-4	Texas
4-8-4 (Norfolk & Western)	Class J
2-8-4	Berkshire