Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

4-8-6

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.12 in modern English

Syllables: 4-8-6
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Letters

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Meaning

noun

Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and six trailing wheels in a trailing truck. The C&O had one planned as their class J4, but it was never built.

Inflected Forms

4-8-6s (plural)

Questions

What does 4-8-6 mean?: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and six trailing wheels in a trailing truck. The C&O had one planned as their class J4, but it was never built.

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