| 单词 | mogul locomotive |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMogul locomotive 5. A steam locomotive with a 2-6-0 wheel arrangement, of a class built for hauling heavy trains. Also Mogul engine, Mogul locomotive.Mogul-class locomotives were first built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia in 1867. Cf. consolidation n. 5. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > used for heavy (freight) trains Mogul1877 decapod1888 hog1888 Shay1894 1877 M. N. Forney Catechism of Locomotive 432 ‘Mogul’ locomotives are often used for ordinary freight service where heavy trains must be hauled, and also on steep grades. 1885 Iron 25 Sept. 281/3 The ‘Mogul’ engine. 1913 Collier's 20 Dec. 13 The great Mogul struck the covered wall of the opposite embankment with terrific force. 1949 Boston Sunday Globe 8 May (Fiction Mag.) 3/4 I can see the big mogul waiting to take over our train and whip it on to the Coast. 1984 C. Garratt Brit. Steam Lives! iv. 52 However, Moguls remained prevalent in the lower power stakes..and when in 1951 British Railways announced its 12 new standard steam designs for the entire country, three of them were Moguls. < as lemmas |
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