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4-8-2

4-8-2 noun: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

4-8-2: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a...
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Noun

4-8-2 (plural 4-8-2s)

  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
    • Most Canadian engines are black. [...] The C.N.R. has only three classes of non-black engines, the "6400s", the later 4-8-2s and the 4-6-4s.1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 552

Forms of 4-8-2

plural4-8-2s

Questions about 4-8-2

What does 4-8-2 mean?
4-8-2 means under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
What part of speech is 4-8-2?
4-8-2 is a noun.
What is the plural of 4-8-2?
The plural of 4-8-2 is 4-8-2s.

Words near 4-8-2 in the dictionary

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

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