Another word for locomotive

locomotive Synonyms

locomotive

steam engine, electric locomotive, diesel locomotive, wood-burner, coal-burner, passenger locomotive, freight locomotive; see also engine 1, train 2.

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- A locomotive must be designed to fulfil two conditions.
Another man says the locomotive moves because its wheels go round.
The first true compound locomotive in England was constructed at Crewe works in 1878 by F.
The steam locomotive, however, and with it the railways, soon began to make rapid progress.
The first group consists of experiments selected from the records of a large number made on the boiler of the locomotive belonging to the Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

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