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0-10-0

0-10-0 noun: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive, with five axles connecting ten powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.

0-10-0: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive, with five axles connecting ten powered driving...
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Noun

0-10-0 (plural 0-10-0s)

  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive, with five axles connecting ten powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.
    • For the most part they are of straightforward design and the largest group is the ex-Prussian "T16" Class 0-10-0 of Type "94", [...].1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553

Forms of 0-10-0

plural0-10-0s

Questions about 0-10-0

What does 0-10-0 mean?
0-10-0 means under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive, with five axles connecting ten powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.
What part of speech is 0-10-0?
0-10-0 is a noun.
What is the plural of 0-10-0?
The plural of 0-10-0 is 0-10-0s.

Words near 0-10-0 in the dictionary

  1. /wk
  2. /wk.
  3. 0
  4. 0 January
  5. 0-0
  6. 0-10-0
  7. 0-10-0s
  8. 0-10-2
  9. 0-10-2s
  10. 0-100
  11. 0-100s

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