"2-4-2" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: 2-4-2s [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} 2-4-2 (plural 2-4-2s)
  1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, four coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels in a trailing truck. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-2-4-2-en-noun-TAfjEZ8E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2003, Robert H. Schleicher, Modern Lionel Trains, page 48:",
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