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A1A-A1A

A1A-A1A noun: a wheel arrangement for diesel and electric locomotives with two three-axle bogies / trucks, the two outer axles of each bogie are powered and the centre axle is unpowered.

Noun

A1A-A1A (countable and uncountable, plural A1A-A1As)

  1. (uncountable) A wheel arrangement for diesel and electric locomotives with two three-axle bogies / trucks, the two outer axles of each bogie are powered and the centre axle is unpowered.
    • There are five double-bogie A1A-A1A British-built diesel-electric locomotives, which are normally worked back-to-back under the control of a single driver.1960 April, H. P. White, “The Railways of Sierra Leone”, in Railway Magazine, page 284
  2. (countable) A locomotive with this wheel arrangement.

Forms of A1A-A1A

pluralA1A-A1As

Questions about A1A-A1A

What does A1A-A1A mean?
A1A-A1A means a wheel arrangement for diesel and electric locomotives with two three-axle bogies / trucks, the two outer axles of each bogie are powered and the centre axle is unpowered.
What part of speech is A1A-A1A?
A1A-A1A is a noun.
What is the plural of A1A-A1A?
The plural of A1A-A1A is A1A-A1As.

Words near A1A-A1A in the dictionary

  1. A/V
  2. a1
  3. A1/C
  4. A1/Cs
  5. a11y
  6. A1A-A1A
  7. A1A-A1As
  8. A1C
  9. A1Cs
  10. A1s
  11. A2

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