A locomotive is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather...
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A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.: 80 It is fuelled by...
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A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed...
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An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor...
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A tank locomotive is a steam locomotive which carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender. Most tank engines...
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The Locomotive Acts (or Red Flag Acts) were a series of Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom regulating the use of mechanically propelled vehicles...
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CRRC Qishuyan (redirect from South car Qishuyan Locomotive)
(Chinese: 中车戚墅堰机车有限公司; lit. 'CRRC Qishuyan Locomotive Co.', 'Ltd.') is one of the major diesel locomotive manufacturers in China. It one of the subsidiary...
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The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing...
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800 locomotives. The railways primarily operates a fleet of electric and diesel locomotives along with a few compressed natural gas (CNG) locomotives. Steam...
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Kigwancha Sports Club (redirect from Locomotive (North Korea football club))
Sports Club or Kigwancha Sports Team (Korean: 기관차체육단; 'locomotive'), known as Sinuiju Locomotive Sports Club is a North Korean multi-sports club belonging...
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The Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works, located in Paterson, New Jersey, manufactured steam railroad locomotives from 1852 until it was merged with seven...
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A Garratt locomotive is a type of articulated steam locomotive invented by British engineer Herbert William Garratt that is articulated into three parts...
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The Shay locomotive is a geared steam locomotive that originated and was primarily used in North America. The locomotives were built to the patents of...
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locomotive is a type of compound articulated steam locomotive, invented by the Swiss engineer Anatole Mallet (1837–1919). The front of the locomotive...
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An articulated locomotive is a steam locomotive (rarely, an electric locomotive) with one or more engine units that can move independently of the main...
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switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive used...
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world's most powerful locomotive has often been passed to new generations of rolling stock. There are many ways in which a locomotive can be the largest:...
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BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star (redirect from Evening Star (locomotive))
steam locomotive completed in 1960. It was the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways. It was the only British main line steam locomotive earmarked...
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The Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works was a railroad equipment manufacturing company founded by Andrew Carnegie and T.N. Miller in 1865. It was located...
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32722°W / 39.85917; -75.32722 The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railway locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located...
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Whyte notation (redirect from 4w (locomotive))
is a classification method for steam locomotives, and some internal combustion locomotives and electric locomotives, by wheel arrangement. It was devised...
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Locomotive Services Limited is a train operating company in Great Britain. The company operates rail tours using heritage steam, diesel and electric locomotives...
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into longer trains. Power is usually provided by diesel or electrical locomotives. While railway transport is capital-intensive and less flexible than...
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A locomotive frame is the structure that forms the backbone of the railway locomotive, giving it strength and supporting the superstructure elements such...
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Main components found on a typical steam locomotive include: The diagram, which is not to scale, is a composite of various designs in the late steam era...
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"Locomotive Breath" is a song by British progressive rock band Jethro Tull from their 1971 album, Aqualung. Written as a comment on population growth,...
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of ALCO locomotive classes. For individually notable locomotives, please see List of locomotives. There are numerous individual ALCO locomotives that are...
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Locomotive Basic is a proprietary dialect of the BASIC programming language written by Locomotive Software on the Amstrad CPC (where it was built-in on...
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The Heisler locomotive is one of the three major types of geared steam locomotives and the last to be patented. Charles L. Heisler received a patent for...
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Mainline steam trains in Great Britain (redirect from Preserved main line steam locomotive support in the United Kingdom)
steam locomotives were withdrawn from normal railway service in Great Britain in 1968, due to sustained public interest including a locomotive preservation...
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