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2-4-2s

2-4-2s is the plural of 2-4-2.

Meaning of 2-4-2

Noun

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

  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, four coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
    • In 1889 a severe passenger train wreck occurred near Dijon, when a 2-4-2 engine derailed while going full speed downhill.2005, Jim Harter, World Railways of the Nineteenth Century: A Pictorial History in Victorian Engravings, page 76

Questions about 2-4-2s

What is 2-4-2s the plural of?
2-4-2s is the plural of 2-4-2.

Words near 2-4-2s in the dictionary

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

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