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2-8-8-2

2-8-8-2 noun: under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

2-8-8-2: under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading...
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Noun

2-8-8-2 (plural 2-8-8-2s)

  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.
    • The leading engine was one of the Class Y6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds, […] The stack noise of one of these great brutes slogging up a grade was quite unforgettable.1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 419

Forms of 2-8-8-2

plural2-8-8-2s

Questions about 2-8-8-2

What does 2-8-8-2 mean?
2-8-8-2 means under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.
What part of speech is 2-8-8-2?
2-8-8-2 is a noun.
What is the plural of 2-8-8-2?
The plural of 2-8-8-2 is 2-8-8-2s.

Words near 2-8-8-2 in the dictionary

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

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