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2-6-6-6

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.06 in modern English

Syllables
2-6-6-6
IPA
0
Scrabble Score
0
Letters
4
Syllables
0
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Under the Whyte notation system, an articulated locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and six trailing wheels on a trailing truck. This arrangement was used only on the C&O which called it the Allegheny and the Virginian, which named it the Blue Ridge.

Inflected Forms

2-6-6-6s (plural)

Questions

What does 2-6-6-6 mean?
Under the Whyte notation system, an articulated locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and six trailing wheels on a trailing truck. This arrangement was used only on the C&O which called it the Allegheny and the Virginian, which named it the Blue Ridge.

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