locomotives
Rail power sources
Locomotives are self-propelled railway engines that pull trains.
The word comes from Latin roots meaning "moving from place to place." A locomotive hauls freight cars or passenger coaches along tracks: The steam locomotive pulled into the station.
Figuratively, locomotive can describe anything that drives forward motion or serves as a powerful force.
Linked rail carriages
- tracksMarks showing passage
- railsGuiding metal bars
- depotVehicle storage facility
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
freight · passenger · hauling · engineer · conductor · railroad · caboose · boxcars
Heated water's gaseous form
- engineMachine producing motion
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- pistonsForce-transferring engine cylinders
- cylindersCircular-based solid shapes
wheels · firebox · smokestack · throttle · tender · couplers · axles · bearings
Compression-ignition fuel
- electricPowered by current
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- bulletFired metal projectile
- shunterLocomotive for repositioning cars
switcher · freight · passenger · narrow gauge · tank engine · articulated · Pacific · mogul
Period of engine-driven progress
- Industrial RevolutionEra of mechanized production
- transcontinentalSpanning an entire continent
- golden spikeCompletion marker for railroads
- railroad baronsPowerful train industry magnates
Stephenson · iron horse · expansion · colonization · westward · frontier · coal · Victorian
Masculine name meaning twin
- Orient ExpressFamed continental passenger railway
- Casey JonesHeroic locomotive engineer
- John HenryLegendary steel-driving laborer
- trainspottingLogging locomotive identifiers
Hogwarts Express · model trains · heritage railways · preservation · museums · railfan · enthusiasts · nostalgia
trains
Linked rail carriages
roundhouse · freight · passenger · hauling · engineer · conductor · railroad · caboose · boxcars · switching
steam
Heated water's gaseous form
cylinders · wheels · firebox · smokestack · throttle · tender · couplers · axles · bearings · valves
diesel
Compression-ignition fuel
shunter · switcher · freight · passenger · narrow gauge · tank engine · articulated · Pacific · mogul · mikado
steam age
Period of engine-driven progress
- Industrial RevolutionEra of mechanized production
- transcontinentalSpanning an entire continent
- golden spikeCompletion marker for railroads
railroad barons · Stephenson · iron horse · expansion · colonization · westward · frontier · coal · Victorian · 19th century
Thomas
Masculine name meaning twin
- Orient ExpressFamed continental passenger railway
- Casey JonesHeroic locomotive engineer
- John HenryLegendary steel-driving laborer
Hogwarts Express · trainspotting · model trains · heritage railways · preservation · museums · railfan · enthusiasts · nostalgia · romance
- European Railtrains, tracks, platforms, rail network, train stations
- Rail Yardboxcars, flatcars, tank cars, rail ties, cabooses
- railway equipmentrails, ties, switches, signals, boxcars
- rail yardsswitchyard, marshalling yards, receiving yard, yard crew, yardmaster
- railroadianarailroad spikes, railroad maps, rail passes, waybills, ticket stubs
- vehiclescar, bus, truck, van, bike
locomotivespassenger cars
Vehicles for transporting people
freight cars · rolling stock · boxcars · railcars · coaches
locomotiveshorse-drawn carriages
Vehicles pulled by equines
stagecoaches · oxcarts · pack animals · draft horses · mules
locomotivespower stations
Facilities producing electrical energy
factories · train stations · roundhouses · terminals · rail yards
- steam locomotivesRail engines using vapor
- diesel locomotivesFuel-burning railway vehicles
- locomotive whistleSound device on engines
- electric locomotiveRail engine using current
- locomotive engineerDrives the train
- locomotive engineRail vehicle providing traction