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) 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 minim is extended above the line, it becomes an "ascender", as in the letters d and b, and when it is extended below the line, it becomes a "descender", as in the letters p and q. It is a