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Bo-Bo

Bo-Bo noun: a wheel arrangement for diesel and electric locomotives signifying that a locomotive has four axles, each powered by a motor, on two bogies.

Noun

Bo-Bo (plural Bo-Bos)

  1. A wheel arrangement for diesel and electric locomotives signifying that a locomotive has four axles, each powered by a motor, on two bogies.
    • The Lötschberg had always been in the forefront of electric locomotive development and their 4,000 h.p. Bo-Bo design, introduced in 1944, was the first of its particular type in Europe, if not in the world. Shortly afterwards in 1946, the very successful Swiss Federal Bo-Bo type was introduced and...1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 136

Forms of Bo-Bo

pluralBo-Bos
alternative formB-B

Questions about Bo-Bo

What does Bo-Bo mean?
Bo-Bo means a wheel arrangement for diesel and electric locomotives signifying that a locomotive has four axles, each powered by a motor, on two bogies.
What part of speech is Bo-Bo?
Bo-Bo is a noun.
What is the plural of Bo-Bo?
The plural of Bo-Bo is Bo-Bos.

Words near Bo-Bo in the dictionary

  1. bo's'n
  2. bo's'ns
  3. bo'sun
  4. bo'suns
  5. bo't
  6. Bo-Bo
  7. Bo-Bos
  8. Bo-ot
  9. bo-peep
  10. bo-peeped
  11. bo-peeping

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