drive wheels
Powered locomotive wheels
Drive wheels are the wheels that receive power from an engine or motor and propel a vehicle forward.
In cars, the drive wheels determine whether a vehicle is front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, or all-wheel drive.
On locomotives, drive wheels are the large wheels connected to the pistons.
The term extends to any wheel that transmits power in machinery.
- engineMachine producing motion
- tractionAdhesive friction enabling movement
- mechanismsMeans by which things function
- torqueRotational force measurement
- connecting rodPiston-to-crankshaft linkage
rotation · mobility · propulsion · power transmission · vehicles · tires · automotive · hubs · differential · railroads · gearboxes · bogies · rolling stock · steam locomotive · crankshaft · iron horse · adhesion · burning rubber
- trainstrains, train, locomotive, locomotives, steam locomotive
- steam locomotivessteam engines, steam engine, boiler, firebox, steam trains
- steam powersteam, steam power, steam engine, steam engines, steam turbine
- rail tractiontraction, steam locomotive, diesel locomotive, electric locomotive, locomotive
- tractiontraction, tire grip, road grip, friction, ground contact