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1830 Fourth Ann. Rep. Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road 54 Because the surfaces become slippery by use, thinks ¹/ ₁₂ should be assumed as the adhesion for locomotive wheels.

1842 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 1 Nov. 272 For long lines on the continent, in India, etc., where wages were low, and coal or wood might be got very cheap for locomotive fuel,..the charge of carrying passengers per mile might be fairly taken at ½d. only.

1847 ‘Veritas Vincit’ Railway Locomotive Managem. xlv.189 Since Mr. Craven left, the locomotive shed has got into a deplorable condition.

1859 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 20 May 464/1 The relative prices and efficiency of proper locomotive-coal and coke.

1879 Rep. Paris Universal Exhib. 1878 374 Garret and Son..exhibit a locomotive fire-box with a corrugated crown plate serving in the place of stays and cross bars.

1923 Pop. Mech. Nov. 757/2 Fresh air from tanks of the brake system, supplied to locomotive crews..is regarded..as the best way to protect them from hot, choking smoke and damp, gas-laden air.

1949 J. Kerouac Jrnl. in Windblown World (2004) ii. 338 Valleys so all-inclusive that they floor three or four rail roads, and you can see locomotive smoke miles apart simultaneously puffing.

1986 Rail Enthusiast May 59/1 A 120 ft locomotive shed..will be completed.

2009 A. Mullett & L. Merritt Sumpter Valley Railway iv. 70 They were the last common carrier in the United States to use wood as their primary locomotive fuel.