0-8-0
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.81 in modern English
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Letters
3
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Meaning
noun
Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive, with four axles connecting eight powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.
Example Sentences
- "This group of 30 0-8-0’s came from Baldwin between July and October 1948 and were given road numbers 255 to 284 (C/N 74024 to 74053) pushing aside several 4-4-2’s in the 275-284 bracket in the process."
- "The last new steam locomotive for a Class 1 U.S. railroad was an 0-8-0 built in December 1953 by the Norfolk & Western's home shop in Roanoke, Virginia."
- "It was taken back to the shops and converted into an 0-8-0 engine for heavy goods traffic."