six-coupled

adj

six-coupled

adj

1

Rail transport, Railways, Transport Of a locomotive, having six driving wheels on three axles coupled together with rods.

Tank engines, all six-coupled, are used on a variety of services.1950 October, R. A. Marshall, “Kuala Lumpur, an Important Malayan Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:

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