wheel arrangement
wheel arrangement noun: a system of classifying the way the driving wheels and non-driving wheels are distributed under a locomotive.
Noun
wheel arrangement (plural wheel arrangements)
- A system of classifying the way the driving wheels and non-driving wheels are distributed under a locomotive.
- Among tank engines, the 0-6-2 wheel arrangement was by far the most numerous, there being nearly 450 of this arrangement, which offers the advantage of good power and adhesive weight, coupled with adequate tank and bunker capacity, within a limited compass.1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 161
- These were the first class of tender locomotives with this wheel arrangement [4-6-2] in the world, although there is some doubt as to whether the name "Pacific" was given to the type because New Zealand is in the Pacific Ocean or because some similar engines were built a few months later for the...1954 August, J. B. Snell, “The New Zealand Government Railways—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 559
Forms of wheel arrangement
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Questions about wheel arrangement
- What does wheel arrangement mean?
- Wheel arrangement means a system of classifying the way the driving wheels and non-driving wheels are distributed under a locomotive.
- What part of speech is wheel arrangement?
- Wheel arrangement is a noun.
- What is the plural of wheel arrangement?
- The plural of wheel arrangement is wheel arrangements.
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