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Leading wheel
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a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine.

See also: Leading



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She was the first class of Santa Fe 4-8-4's (a 4-8-4 locomotive has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck , eight coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck).
Old Locomotives by Mike Barstow / Automotive community
 
 
 
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