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4-8-6s

4-8-6s is the plural of 4-8-6.

Meaning of 4-8-6

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.

Questions about 4-8-6s

What is 4-8-6s the plural of?
4-8-6s is the plural of 4-8-6.

Words near 4-8-6s in the dictionary

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

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