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2-4-0

2-4-0 noun: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

2-4-0: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two...
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Noun

2-4-0 (plural 2-4-0s)

  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.
    • As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's...1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19

Forms of 2-4-0

plural2-4-0s

Questions about 2-4-0

What does 2-4-0 mean?
2-4-0 means under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.
What part of speech is 2-4-0?
2-4-0 is a noun.
What is the plural of 2-4-0?
The plural of 2-4-0 is 2-4-0s.

Words near 2-4-0 in the dictionary

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

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