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Locomotive engine   /lˌoʊkəmˈoʊtɪv ˈɛndʒən/   Listen
noun
Locomotive  n.  A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc.
Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers.
Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. (U.S.)
Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above.
Mogul locomotive. See Mogul.






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... baleful prophecies concerning the locomotive engine, the officials of the projected railroad between Liverpool and Manchester, where the cars were expected to be drawn by horses, offered a premium of L500 for the best locomotive capable of drawing a gross weight of twenty tons at the rate of ten miles an hour. The ...
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