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{{Short description|Locomotive wheel arrangement}} {{Infobox steam wheel arrangement | name = 0-8-0 (Eight-coupled) | image = WheelArrangement 0-8-0.svg | alt = Diagram of four large driving wheels joined together with a coupling rod | caption = | image2 = USRA 0-8-0.jpg | alt2 = | caption2 = [[USRA 0-8-0]] <!--Equivalent classifications--> | hatnote = | UIC/Germany/Italy= D | French/Spanish = 040 | Turkish = 44 | Swiss = 4/4 | Russian = 0-4-0 <!--First known tank engine version--> | date = 1866 | country = United Kingdom | locomotive = | railway = [[Great Northern Railway (England)|Great Northern Railway]] | designer = [[Archibald Sturrock]] | builder = Great Northern Railway | evolvedfrom = | evolvedto = | mainbenefit = Total mass as adhesive weight | maindrawback = Instability at speed <!--First known tender engine version--> | date2 = 1844 | country2 = United States of America | locomotive2 = ''Mud Digger'' class | railway2 = [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] | designer2 = [[Ross Winans]] | builder2 = Ross Winans | evolvedfrom2 = | evolvedto2 = | mainbenefit2 = Total engine mass as adhesive weight | 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|0-8-0}}''' represents the [[wheel arrangement]] of no [[leading wheel]]s, eight powered and coupled [[driving wheel]]s on four axles and no [[trailing wheel]]s. Locomotives of this type are also referred to as '''eight coupled'''.
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