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4-6-0s

4-6-0s is the plural of 4-6-0.

Meaning of 4-6-0

Noun

4-6-0 (plural 4-6-0s)

  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by three sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.
    • Speaking of locomotive surefootedness, I was immensely impressed, on a recent journey with the down "Ulsterman" from Euston, when "Royal Scot" 4-6-0 No. 46168, The Girl Guide, cleanly lifted a well-filled 15-coach train of 471 tons tare and 500 tons gross out of the terminus without the service of...1953 November, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 760
    Synonyms:
    ten-wheeler

Questions about 4-6-0s

What is 4-6-0s the plural of?
4-6-0s is the plural of 4-6-0.

Words near 4-6-0s in the dictionary

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

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