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0-4-4 en · NOUN

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1. Under the Whyte notation, a steam locomotive that has four coupled driving wheels followed by four trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.
   • All the five Scottish railways had specimens of the type and it may fairly be said that the 0-4-4 was the commonest type of engine for suburban and local passenger work. 1959 January 14, John W. Grant, “Scottish 0-4-4 Tank Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 10:

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