A traction engine is a steam-powered tractor used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives...
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businessmen in 1893, and was originally named the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company. In 1892, Froelich built a successful gasoline-powered tractor...
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"British engineer Joseph Diplock patented a four-wheel-drive system for a traction engine, while in Vienna, Austria, Ferdinand Porsche developed an electric...
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more notable companies that manufactured traction engines of any kind, including steam tractors, portable engines, and steam rollers. Borsig of Berlin, Germany...
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see and travel behind, real engines." ― Sir Charles Topham Hatt II/The Fat Controller, Little Western, Enterprising Engines The Skarloey Railway (SR) is...
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designed to prevent loss of traction (i.e., wheelspin) of the driven road wheels. TCS is activated when throttle input and engine power and torque transfer...
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with traction engines in place of vintage cars. Jack Hopkins is an aircraft designer and hands-on engineer with a passion for traction engines and he...
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propel rail cars Traction engine, a self-propelled steam engine Traction (agency), San Francisco-based interactive advertising agency Traction (orthopedics)...
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Tractor (section Traction engines)
use of the word meaning "an engine or vehicle for pulling wagons or plows" occurred in 1896, from the earlier term "traction motor" (1859). In the UK, Ireland...
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works. In 1859, Aveling invented the traction engine when he modified a Clayton & Shuttleworth portable engine, which had to be hauled from job to job...
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converted the steam engine to self driving, thus making an intermediate step towards the traction engine. Several Tuxford engines were displayed at the...
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Advance-Rumely (section Traction engines and tractors)
Company by 1887. In 1895, the line expanded to include steam-powered traction engines. Meinrad died in 1904, but his sons continued to manage the business...
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John Fowler & Co. (section Traction engines)
of Leathley Road, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England produced traction engines and ploughing implements and equipment, as well as railway equipment...
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The majority of steam rollers are outwardly similar to traction engines as many traction engine manufacturers later produced rollers based on their existing...
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in steam-driven carousels, or supplied with steam from a traction engine. The traction engine could also supply electric power for lighting, and tow the...
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on his completed traction engine, visiting the workshops that still could produce the parts needed for his antique vehicle. His engine, however, was not...
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and electric traction has done.[citation needed] An oscillating cylinder steam engine is a variant of the simple expansion steam engine which does not...
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with four- and six-cylinder engines, by French carmaker Citroën from 1934 to 1957. With some 760,000 units built, the Traction Avants were the first front-wheel...
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List of Thomas & Friends characters (redirect from Thumper (Thomas the Tank Engine))
television series Thomas & Friends and its reboot series Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go. In the sixth series, a new set of characters was introduced called...
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Boydell's Traction-Engine". The Farmer's Magazine. 45 (1). London. 1856-06-30. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. "Tuxford's Boydell Traction Engine" (PDF)...
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Showman's road locomotive (redirect from Showman's engine)
travelling funfair or circus. Similar to other road-going traction engines, showman's engines were normally distinguished by the addition of a full-length...
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The mid-engine layout makes ABS brakes and traction control systems work better, by providing them more traction to control. The mid-engine layout may...
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locomotive engine Spacecraft propulsion engines such as Rocket engine Traction engine Aircraft engine Automobile engine replacement Electric motor Engine cooling...
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Trebuchet (category Medieval siege engines)
incentives to employ a small counterweight engine rather than a comparable traction type. Although less accurate, traction trebuchets might be expected to achieve...
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Atlantic. In Great Britain, a number of traction engine builders attempted to produce a design of agricultural engine that could pull a plow directly, in...
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Daniel Best (section Traction engine)
invest in work on an improved design for a traction engine. Best saw the need for an improved traction engine (now also known as a steam tractor) to pull...
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Locomotive (redirect from Railway engine)
transmission. The diesel engine drives either an electrical DC generator (generally, less than 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW) net for traction), or an electrical...
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Richard Garrett & Sons (section Traction engines)
steam engines and semi-portables, they represented 89% of the works' output. Garrett produced a wide range of traction engines and ploughing engines, 49%...
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The Railway Series (redirect from Big City Engine)
Engine and other volumes as the owner of Trevor the Traction Engine. This may be a reference to Teddy Boston, who had himself saved a traction engine...
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produced a successful range of agricultural traction engines. The perfecting of the compound traction engine in 1887 gave a significant marketing advantage...
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