Noun
2-8-2 (plural 2-8-2s)
Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, four pairs of coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.
Those numbers are enhanced by the fact that the Revolution got off to an abysmal 2-8-2 start and underwent a coaching change when Bruce Arena was hired on May 12. Source: Internet
Who's Who in the DC Universe, update 1987, vol. 4, p.8 In addition, the name was applied to the 2-8-2 railroad locomotive when an early production run of these locomotives, built in the U.S., was shipped to Japan in 1893. Source: Internet