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Definition of Steam locomotive

1. Noun. A locomotive powered by a steam engine.

Definition of Steam locomotive

1. Noun. A locomotive, usually for use on a railway, that is powered by steam. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Steam Locomotive

Literary usage of Steam locomotive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Superheated Steam in Locomotive Service by William Freeman Myrick Goss (1910)
"... in return for a given draft is from 10 per cent to 16 per cent greater for the superheating locomotive than for the saturated-steam locomotive. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1913)
"All things considered, it is probable that the electric locomotive repair cost will be even lower than 45 per cent of the steam locomotive repair cost, ..."

3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1907)
"The steam locomotive creates power and uses it to drag the train. ... The electric locomotives will slip into a siding, the steam locomotive back down, ..."

4. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1904)
"It was the the designers to se- this machine the best lical features of the leed steam locomotive ied with the enormous THE FAMOUS NEW YORK CENTRAL ELECTRIC ..."

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