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2-10-0

2-10-0 noun: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a single-axle leading truck followed by five powered driving axles, and no trailing wheels.

2-10-0: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a single-axle leading truck followed...
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Noun

2-10-0 (plural 2-10-0s)

  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a single-axle leading truck followed by five powered driving axles, and no trailing wheels.
    • From Belgrade the train is hauled by a 2-10-0, and makes good time through undulating country, with vineyards and herds of woolly pigs, over single line to Nish, where the Sofia and Istanbul portion, including through coaches (until recently) from Prague to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is...1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731
    • The last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways, No. 92220, a class "9F" 2-10-0, was named Evening Star at Swindon Works on March 18. […] Mr. R. F. Hanks, Chairman of the Western Area Board, British Transport Commission, who presided, said that it was a moving occasion, but also a very...1960 May, “Evening Star”, in Railway Magazine, page 307

Forms of 2-10-0

plural2-10-0s

Questions about 2-10-0

What does 2-10-0 mean?
2-10-0 means under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a single-axle leading truck followed by five powered driving axles, and no trailing wheels.
What part of speech is 2-10-0?
2-10-0 is a noun.
What is the plural of 2-10-0?
The plural of 2-10-0 is 2-10-0s.

Words near 2-10-0 in the dictionary

  1. 2,4,5-T
  2. 2,4-D
  3. 2,4-DNPH
  4. 2-1 road
  5. 2-1 roads
  6. 2-10-0
  7. 2-10-0s
  8. 2-10-10-2
  9. 2-10-10-2s
  10. 2-10-2
  11. 2-10-2s

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