2-8-0
LOCOMOTIVE WHEEL ARRANGEMENT
2-8-0T; 1-4-0; Consolidation (locomotive); 2-8-0 locomotive
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. In the United States and elsewhere, this wheel arrangement is commonly known as a Consolidation, after the Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad’s Consolidation, the name of the first 2-8-0.