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Meanings of locomotive in English
A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks.
Russian
поезд Spanish
locomotora Usage of locomotive in English
1
Iarnrod Eireann's proposed new deal for locomotive drivers affects 280 qualified drivers.
2
The form was used in building the roof of a locomotive roundhouse.
3
Yes; they should work in harmony with each other on any locomotive.
4
The locomotive whistled and the train moved slowly out of the station.
5
The shrill whistle of the locomotive echoed and re-echoed among the hills.
6
The standard express locomotive of this company has inside cylinders 18 in.
7
A Kansas City Southern locomotive is seen in this undated handout photo.
8
At the time of the last war he was a locomotive fireman.
9
The sharp and deep groanings of the locomotive had already awakened me.
10
It was not the steam-locomotive type, but the true original electric-type engine.
11
The locomotive had crossed the divide and was running furiously down grade.
12
They were to begin firing at the first whistle of the locomotive.
13
The distant whistle of a shunting locomotive jarred on the morning stillness.
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The engineer had orders to send the locomotive along at full speed.
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Let us confine ourselves to the latest embodiment of steam-power-thelocomotive engine.
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The shrill, childish whistle of the locomotive reached us at that instant.
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