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Definition of Electric locomotive
1. Noun. A locomotive that is powered by an electric motor.
Generic synonyms: Engine, Locomotive, Locomotive Engine, Railway Locomotive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electric Locomotive
Literary usage of Electric locomotive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1913)
"The 1912 New York Central electric locomotive repair cost published is 3.34 cents
per locomotive-mile. The figures published by Mr. Gibbs of the ..."
2. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1914)
"39777 A. The New Gas-electric locomotive of the Minneapolis, St. Paul, ... 42158 D.
The Thomson-Houston electric locomotive System for the Compagnie des ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"... engine renders its mechanical energy to a large and economical dynamo which
sends an electric current to an economical motor on an electric locomotive. ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"... engine renders its mechanical energy to a large and economical dynamo which
sends an electric current to an economical motor on an electric locomotive. ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The electric locomotive has taken two forms in practice^ (1) the ... The illustration
shows the most modern form of electric locomotive as used on the ..."
6. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1900)
"The cost of repairs on an electric locomotive should be exceedingly low. ...
The fact that an electric locomotive requires but one set of controlling and ..."
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