4-8-8-2 4-8-8-2 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 4-8-8-2 is a locomotive with four leading wheels, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a two-wheel trailing truck. Other equivalent classifications are:<br> UIC classification: 2DD1 (also known as German classification and Italian classification)<br> French classification: 240+041<br> Turkish classification: 46+45<br> Swiss classification: 4/6+4/5 The equivalent UIC classification is refined to (2'D)D1' for Mallet locomotives. A locomotive of that length must be an articulated locomotive; meaning all have a joint between the first and second groups of driving wheels. All examples of this type are cab forwards. Normally, the
Minim, Martap Minim, Martap Minim (or Minim II, or Menim) is a village in the commune of , in the department of Vina, in the Adamawa Region, Cameroon. The village contains Cameroon's main source of bauxite. In 1967, Minim contained 90 inhabitants, mostly from the Kaka ethnic group. In the 2005 census, the settlement contained 432 people. Along with Ngaoundal, Minim is part of a large project to mine the bauxite of the Adamawa Plateau. Covering an area of 1000 km, the deposit represents an important component of the Adamawa plateau and the gentle slopes which surround it make it easy to