2-8-8-8-8-2 2-8-8-8-8-2 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 2-8-8-8-8-2 has two leading wheels, four sets of eight driving wheels, and two trailing wheels. Because of its length, such a locomotive must be an articulated locomotive. It is not longer than a normal articulated; the fourth set of drivers is located under the tender. Other equivalent classifications are: UIC classification: 1-D-D-D-D-1 (also known as German classification and Italian classification) AAR classification: 1-D-D-D-D-1 French classification: 140+040+040+041 Turkish classification: 45+44+44+45 Swiss classification: 4/5+4/4+4/4+4/5 The equivalent UIC classification is to be refined to (1'D)DD(D1'). In June 1914, George R. Henderson
Minim (palaeography) large diamond-shaped "finials" at the top and bottom, such as in "textualis quadrata", the most decorated form of Gothic. "Textualis sine pedibus", literally "textualis without feet", has minims with no finials at all, while "textualis rotunda" has round finials. Minim (palaeography) In palaeography, a minim is a short, vertical stroke used in handwriting. The word is derived from the Latin "minimum", meaning "least" or "smallest". A minim is the basic stroke for the letters i, m, n, and u in uncial script and later scripts deriving from it. Parts of other letters are based on minims as well: when a