4-8-0

noun

Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by four sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

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Meanings

noun4-8-0 (plural 4-8-0s)

plural 4-8-0s

  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by four sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.
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