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{{Short description|Locomotive wheel arrangement}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox steam wheel arrangement | name = 0-10-0 (Ten-coupled) | image = WheelArrangement 0-10-0.svg | alt = Diagram of five large driving wheels joined together by a coupling rod | caption = | image2 = Railway mechanical engineer (1916) (14574771017).jpg | alt2 = | caption2 = Builder's photo of a [[Prussian G 10]] in 1916 <!--Equivalent classifications--> | hatnote = | UIC/Germany/Italy= E | French/Spanish = 050 | Turkish = 55 | Swiss = 5/5 | Russian = 0-5-0 <!--First known tank engine version--> | date = 1868 | country = United States of America | locomotive = [[Reuben Wells (locomotive)|''Reuben Wells'']] | railway = [[Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad]] | designer = Reuben Wells | builder = | evolvedfrom = | evolvedto = | mainbenefit =Total locomotive mass as adhesive weight | maindrawback = Instability at speed <!--First known tender engine version--> | date2 = 1899 | country2 = Austria | locomotive2 = 180.00 class | railway2 = [[Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways]] | designer2 = [[Karl Gölsdorf]] | builder2 = | evolvedfrom2 = | evolvedto2 = | mainbenefit2 = | maindrawback2 = Instability at speed <!--First known "True type" version--> | date3 = | country3 = | locomotive3 = | railway3 = | designer3 = | builder3 = | evolvedfrom3 = | evolvedto3 = | mainbenefit3 = | maindrawback3 = }} Under the [[Whyte notation]] for the classification of [[steam locomotive]]s, '''{{nowrap|0-10-0}}''' represents the [[wheel arrangement]] of no [[leading wheel]]s, ten powered and coupled [[driving wheel]]s on five axles and no [[trailing wheel]]s. In the [[United Kingdom]], this type is known as a '''Decapod''', a name which is applied to {{nowrap|[[2-10-0]]}} types in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/wheels.php|title=American Steam Locomotive Wheel Arrangements|access-date=13 March 2016}}</ref> In the United States, the type is known as '''ten-coupled'''.
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