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Trailing axle Uncommon

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Noun
1

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

See Also
steam locomotive leading axle trailing truck leading wheel wheel unpowered driving wheel axle
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Rhyming Words
axle raxle wrixle triaxle back axle cacomixle transaxle rear axle live axle hind axle dead axle cross axle muley axle blind axle driving axle leading axle wheel and axle
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