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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by edwintrain21 Hi: I'm a train fan from Puerto Rico but I never get an aswer about what those numbers arranged mean. When you talk about a Mikado (2-8-2), what those numbers mean (it is a ratio of power?, something related to the axles? I'll appreciate all the information that you can send. [/quote] On a steam locomotive the number means how the wheels are arranged. A Prarie 2-6-2 meant that the locomotive has two "lead" wheels, eight "drive" or "power" wheels and two wheels under the engineer's cab to support any additional weight and possible to serve as a guide for the drive wheels. It would mean th elocomotive looks something like this... oOOOo . A Mikado (2-8-2) wheel arrangement would look like this oOOOOo. A Mogul (2-6-0) would look like this oOOO A American (4-4-0) would look like this ooOO Fellows, is this correct?
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