4-8-2

English thumb thumb|Schematic of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement. Front of locomotive is to the left. Noun Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels in a trailing truck. en 1959-11 J. N. Westwood The Railways of Canada Trains Illustrated 552 Most Canadian engines are black. [...] The C.N.R. has only three classes of non-black engines, the "6400s", the later 4-8-2s and the 4-6-4s. Further reading Anagrams en 248 2-8-4 en Rail transportation