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Noun
1

On a steam locomotive, an axle connecting a coupled pair of unpowered wheels located in front of the driving wheels.

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2 2 0 leading truck unpowered trailing axle leading wheel driving wheel axle trailing wheel
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axle raxle wrixle triaxle back axle cacomixle transaxle rear axle live axle hind axle dead axle cross axle muley axle blind axle driving axle trailing axle wheel and axle
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