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4-8-6

4-8-6 noun: under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and six trailing wheels in a trailing truck. The C&O had one planned as their class J4, but it was never built.

Noun

4-8-6 (plural 4-8-6s)

  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and six trailing wheels in a trailing truck. The C&O had one planned as their class J4, but it was never built.

Forms of 4-8-6

plural4-8-6s

Questions about 4-8-6

What does 4-8-6 mean?
4-8-6 means under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and six trailing wheels in a trailing truck. The C&O had one planned as their class J4, but it was never built.
What part of speech is 4-8-6?
4-8-6 is a noun.
What is the plural of 4-8-6?
The plural of 4-8-6 is 4-8-6s.

Words near 4-8-6 in the dictionary

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

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