2-8-0 Definition

noun
Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a single-axle leading truck followed by four powered driving axles, and no trailing wheels. It's popular name is "Consolidation" as its appearance coincided with the consolidation of several Eastern coal railroads. The Consolidation was extremely popular, especially in the first quarter of the 20th century.
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Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, four pairs of coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.
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Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
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Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, eight coupled driving wheels, and six trailing wheels.
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Other Word Forms of 2-8-0

Noun

Singular:
2-8-0
Plural:
2-8-0s, 2-8-2s, 2-8-4s, 2-8-6s

2-8-0 Sentence Examples

  • The Californian poppy (Platystemon californicus) is a pretty annual about a foot high, having yellow flowers with 3 sepals and 6 petals; and the white bush poppy (Romneya Coulteri) is a very attractive perennial and semishrubby plant 2-8 ft.

  • A convention met at Windsor (July 2-8, 1777), and drafted a document which contained almost all of the important provisions of the constitution of Pennsylvania, such as a unicameral legislature, a plural executive and a council of censors, which was not abolished until 1870.

  • Of those affected, 2-8 percent have primary craniosynostosis and the remaining cases are secondary craniosynostosis.

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