steam locomotives
Boiler-driven rail vehicles
Steam locomotives are railway engines powered by steam pressure generated from burning coal, wood, or oil to heat water.
They dominated rail transport from the early 1800s through the mid-twentieth century, when diesel and electric engines largely replaced them.
The phrase evokes industrial-era railroading: The museum restored several steam locomotives to working condition.
Water-heating vessel
- pistonReciprocating cylinder component
- fireboxFuel-burning enclosure
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- throttlePower flow controller
superheater · injector · safety valve · pressure gauge · flue · water tank · tender · driving wheels
boiler
Water-heating vessel
- pistonReciprocating cylinder component
- fireboxFuel-burning enclosure
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
throttle · superheater · injector · safety valve · pressure gauge · flue · water tank · tender · driving wheels · connecting rod
smoke
Airborne combustion byproduct
plume · billowing · puffing · chimney · exhaust · coal · stoker · grime · blackened · smokestack
engine
Machine producing motion
passenger · freight · boxcar · flatcar · gondola · tanker · sleeper · dining car · observation car · baggage car
- train arttrain stations, railway journeys
- trainstrains, train, diesel engine, tank engine, engine
- transportationcar, bus, airplane, train, plane
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, railroad
- railwaystrains, train, tracks, rails, railway
- steam powerboiler, boilers, James Watt, George Stephenson, superheater
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Rail vehicles powered by current
diesel locomotives · maglev trains · electric trains · bullet trains · high-speed rail
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Magnetically suspended rail transport
hyperloop · bullet trains · Shinkansen · TGV · high-speed rail
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Powered flying vehicles
helicopters · spacecraft · automobiles · horses · walking
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