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4-8-2s

4-8-2s is the plural of 4-8-2.

Meaning of 4-8-2

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

Questions about 4-8-2s

What is 4-8-2s the plural of?
4-8-2s is the plural of 4-8-2.

Words near 4-8-2s in the dictionary

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

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