2-8-0

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title: 2-8-0
text: Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. In the United States and elsewhere, this wheel arrangement is commonly known as a Consolidation, after the Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad’s Consolidation, the name of the first 2-8-0. The notation 2-8-0T indicates a tank locomotive of this wheel arran
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description: Locomotive wheel arrangement
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-8-0
date created: 2004-10-21T23:23:44Z
date modified: 2024-09-03T11:20:35Z
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