Railways. Short for pilot engine n. at compounds 2.
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释义 | society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > other types of steam locomotive (6) pilot1842 Railways. Short for pilot engine n. at compounds 2. bogie engine1843 attributive, as in bogie car, bogie carriage, bogie engine, bogie truck; bogie-barrow n. = sense 1 (‘known in Fife for sixty years or more’, Prof… saddle tank1871 (a) (in certain steam railway engines) a water tank that straddles the boiler; (also) a tank engine of this type (= saddle tank engine n.); (b)… saddle tank engine1888 (also saddle tank locomotive) a small steam railway engine having a saddle tank. prairie1900 Chiefly U.S. Also with capital initial. More fully prairie engine. A type of steam locomotive with a 2-6-2 wheel arrangement, with the middle six… single1901 In various specific or technical senses. A locomotive engine having a single pair of driving-wheels. Now historical. |
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