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0-8-0

0-8-0 noun: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive, with four axles connecting eight powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.

0-8-0: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive, with four axles connecting eight powered...
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Noun

0-8-0 (plural 0-8-0s)

  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive, with four axles connecting eight powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.
    • This group of 30 0-8-0’s came from Baldwin between July and October 1948 and were given road numbers 255 to 284 (C/N 74024 to 74053) pushing aside several 4-4-2’s in the 275-284 bracket in the process.1965, Philip Shuster, Eugene L. Huddleston, Alvin F. Staufer, C & O power: steam and diesel locomotives of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, 1900-1965, page 16
    • The last new steam locomotive for a Class 1 U.S. railroad was an 0-8-0 built in December 1953 by the Norfolk & Western's home shop in Roanoke, Virginia.2006, Joe Welsh, Jim Boyd, William F. Howes, The American Railroad: Working for the Nation, page 118

Forms of 0-8-0

plural0-8-0s

Questions about 0-8-0

What does 0-8-0 mean?
0-8-0 means under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive, with four axles connecting eight powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.
What part of speech is 0-8-0?
0-8-0 is a noun.
What is the plural of 0-8-0?
The plural of 0-8-0 is 0-8-0s.

Words near 0-8-0 in the dictionary

  1. 0-6-6-0s
  2. 0-60
  3. 0-60-0
  4. 0-60-0s
  5. 0-60s
  6. 0-8-0
  7. 0-8-0s
  8. 0-8-2
  9. 0-8-2s
  10. 0-8-4
  11. 0-8-4s

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