2-8-4 2-8-4 Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has one unpowered leading axle, usually in a leading truck, followed by four powered and coupled driving axles, and two unpowered trailing axles, usually mounted in a bogie. This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, though the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway used the name Kanawha for their 2-8-4s. In Europe, this wheel arrangement was mostly seen in mainline passenger express locomotives and, in certain countries, in tank locomotives. In the United States of America, the 2-8-4 wheel arrangement was a further development of the
Minim (unit) Minim (unit) The minim (abbreviated min, , , or ) is a unit of volume in both the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. Specifically it is of a fluidram or of a fluid ounce. In the Pharmacopoeia, it is also noted that the minim was originally created by Mr Timothy Lane, F.R.S., as parts per wine gallon. The minim was introduced in the 1809 edition of "The Pharmacopœia of the Royal College of Physicians of London" as a replacement for the drop, which had previously been the smallest unit of the apothecaries' system. It was observed that the