Locomotive in a sentence

More clarification on what’s often called the world's most famous steam locomotive: from what I can gather, yir nerds drop the definite article, which is reserved for the railway line as such and which, indeed, gave its name to the locomotive.

The locomotive will be ‘running’ around the train to change ends on arrival in Greystones, with all passengers having a chance to see the steam locomotive up close.

This is the first time that Indian Railways’ own locomotive units have manufactured an electric locomotive of such high horsepower.

This new 4-2-0 engine was the B&O’s first locomotive to feature a leading truck and may have been the first standardized production model locomotive in the entire world.

Visitors will also have a chance to see the newly-restored Texas locomotive, famous for its participation in the “Great Locomotive Chase” during the war.

Haulage Russian 2TE10U Diesel-electric locomotive Traditionally, trains are pulled using a locomotive.

In addition, improvements have been made to the canal's operating machinery, including an increased and improved tug locomotive fleet, the replacement of more than convert of locomotive track, and new lock machinery controls.

In contrast, a typical diesel locomotive requires no more than eight to ten hours of maintenance per month (maintenance intervals are 92 days or 184 days, depending upon a locomotive's age), and may run for decades between major overhauls.

In the United Kingdom Section 83(1) of the Railways Act 1993 defines "train" as follows: :a) two or more items of rolling stock coupled together, at least one of which is a locomotive; or :b) a locomotive not coupled to any other rolling stock.

Locomotive hauled services Locomotive hauled services are used in some countries or locations.

Locomotives main A steam turbine locomotive engine is a steam locomotive driven by a steam turbine.

The locomotive could haul 30 tons of coal up a hill at convert, and was the first successful flanged-wheel adhesion locomotive: its traction depended on contact between its flanged wheels and the rail.

This allows one of the locomotive-hauled train's drawbacks to be removed, since the locomotive need not be moved to the front of the train each time the train changes direction.

This can be drawn directly from the locomotive's prime mover (modified for the purpose), or from a separate diesel generator in the locomotive.

A CN locomotive makes it's way through the CN Taschereau yard in Montreal, Saturday, Nov., 28, 2009.

A LOCOMOTIVE that hauled the funeral train of King George VI will be among the stars at an upcoming Steam Gala in Dorset.

An employee boards a Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive at a yard in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 18, 2022.

Gautrain Management Agency’s Tlago Ramalepa said although it lost the race, the locomotive remains the fastest train in SA.

Hauled by a steam locomotive until only a decade or two ago, a diminutive diesel now takes charge of the daily run from NJP, but steam locos still ply the upper section of the Unesco-listed Darjeeling Himalayan Railway between Darjeeling and Ghum.

He even had a model train set showing the locomotive inside a tunnel.