4-4-2
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Frequency: 5.37 in modern English
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Meaning
noun
Under the Whyte notation system, a type of steam locomotive that has a two-axle leading truck, two powered driving axles and a one-axle trailing truck; any instance of that type.
Example Sentences
- "They fielded an imposing 4-4-2."
- "England's formation was a rigid 4-4-2 against a Norway side of surprisingly limited ambition and on one of the rare occasions James Milner got in the action he forced a save from Jarstein."
- "Down the high iron sped a huffing 4-4-2."
- "While not, perhaps, the handsomest of 4-4-2 tanks, as they had a rather large proportion of their driving wheels exposed, they proved very useful locomotives, doing yeoman work on suburban trains around London and Birmingham, and later on numerous rural routes."
- "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."
- "Down the drag strip screamed a custom-tuned 4-4-2."
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4-4-0
more at Whyte notation § Wheel arrangement names