Meaning of "railway engine" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF RAILWAY ENGINE

railway engine  [ˈreɪlˌweɪ ˈɛndʒɪn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAILWAY ENGINE

Railway engine is a noun.

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WHAT DOES RAILWAY ENGINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Locomotive

A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th century to distinguish between mobile and stationary steam engines. A locomotive has no payload capacity of its own, and its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. In contrast, some trains have self-propelled payload-carrying vehicles. These are not normally considered locomotives, and may be referred to as multiple units, motor coaches or railcars. The use of these self-propelled vehicles is increasingly common for passenger trains, but rare for freight. Vehicles which provide motive power to haul an unpowered train, but are not generally considered locomotives because they have payload space or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars. Traditionally, locomotives pull trains from the front.

Definition of railway engine in the English dictionary

The definition of railway engine in the dictionary is a self-propelled engine used for drawing or pushing trains along railway tracks; locomotive.

TRANSLATION OF RAILWAY ENGINE

Find out the translation of railway engine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of railway engine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «railway engine» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 火车头
• Translator English - Spanish: locomotora
• English: railway engine
• Translator English - Hindi: रेल का इंजन
• Translator English - Arabic: محرك السكك الحديدية
• Translator English - Russian: паровоз
• Translator English - Portuguese: locomotiva
• Translator English - Bengali: রেল ইঞ্জিন
• Translator English - French: locomotive
• Translator English - Malay: Enjin keretapi
• Translator English - German: Lokomotive
• Translator English - Japanese: 鉄道機関車
• Translator English - Korean: 철도 엔진
• Translator English - Javanese: Mesin kareta api
• Translator English - Vietnamese: động cơ đường sắt
• Translator English - Tamil: ரயில்வே இயந்திரம்
• Translator English - Marathi: रेल्वे इंजिन
• Translator English - Turkish: Demiryolu motoru
• Translator English - Italian: locomotiva
• Translator English - Polish: parowóz
• Translator English - Ukrainian: паровоз
• Translator English - Romanian: motor de cale ferată
• Translator English - Greek: σιδηροδρομικών μηχανών
• Translator English - Afrikaans: spoorweg enjin
• Translator English - Swedish: järnvägs motor
• Translator English - Norwegian: lokomotiv

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAILWAY ENGINE»

Discover the use of railway engine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to railway engine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Comparative Account and Delineation of Railway Engine & ...

RAILWAY. ENGINE. AND. CARRIAGE. WHEELS. THE earliest patent for improvements in the construction of wheels to be used on railroads is that granted to George Hawks, of Gateshead, in the County of Durham, Iron Manufacturer, dated ...

Henry Bernoulli BARLOW, 1848

The Railway Magazine

Great Western Railway Engine " Hook Norton " . . Great Western Railway Broad Gauge Goods Engine "Nemesis" Great Western Railway " Pacific " Locomotive " Great Bear " Great Western Railway French-built Locomotive, No. 104 Greek ...

‎1908

Locomotive Railway Carriage and Wagon Review

On the other hand, it undoubtedly represents a locomotive designed by the “ father” of the railway engine at about the period when his first essay at steam locomotion was made, and to that extent possesses considerable interest. ¢-were 'I ...

‎1904

Report on the Census of British India: Taken on the 17th ...

Railway engine driver, stoker, engine worker, locomotiveDriver, locomotive. Engine driver, railway. Engine keeper. Engine worker. Fitter, locomotive. Foreman, locomotive. Greaser, locomotive. Lifter, locomotive. Railway driver. Railway engine ...

India. Census Commissioner, 1883

The Locomotive, Railway Carriage and Wagon Review

159 Imperial Chinese Railway, Passenger locomotive . . . . l8? Luncashire & Yorkshire Railway, Engine with U.N.R. 'l'endor.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 122 ldlllCflSlllX'U \k Yorkshire Railway, Four-coupled llogie Express Engina . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Luneashire e ...

‎1899

The Railway Engineer

... engines on the Great Northern R. has lately been fitted with the Walschaert valve gear, the Iron and Coal Trades Gazette remarks that the work is " unique," and that the gear " has not hitherto been adopted on any British-built railway engine.

‎1905

Herapath's Railway Journal

Railway Engine Protector. [We have received the following description of an invention to clear the rails of obstructions, from the inventor, Mr. W. Hawthorn, of Forth, Newcastle. It is the simplest and best contrivance for this important object we ...

‎1837

Conserving the Railway Heritage

Hawkins, C. and Reeve, G. (1986, 1987b) Great Eastern Railway Engine Sheds, Wild Swan, Didcot and Upper Bucklebury. Hawkins, C. and Reeve, G. (1987c) An Illustrated History of Great Western Railway Engine Sheds. 1: London Division ...

Peter Burman, Michael Stratton, 2014

Richmond County and the Seaboard Air Line Railway

... Seaboard Air Line Railway depot, Rockingham, steam engine at, 32 Seaboard Air Line Railway Engine No. 6, wreckage, 64 Engine No. 51, 37 Engine No. 66, 43 Engine No. 200, 42, 47 Engine No. 343, 46 Engine No. 535, 46 Engine No.

Stephen Edwin Massengill, Frederick Marchant, C. Vernon Vallance, 2005

The Railway magazine (and annals of science) [afterw.] (and ...

Railway Engine Protector. [We have received the following description of an invention to clear the rails of obstructions, from the inventor, Mr. W. Hawthorn, of Forth, Newcastle. It is the simplest and best contrivance for this important object we ...

‎1837

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAILWAY ENGINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term railway engine is used in the context of the following news items.

Railway engine damages house at Alipurduar

ALIPURDUAR: A railway engine damaged a small house at a rail head after it hit the dwelling at Alipurduar railway junction, railway officials said today. «Economic Times, Apr 15»

NC museum steam engine going home to West Virginia

4 engine at Spencer in 1986, they lettered and numbered it as a replica of a Southern Railway engine, 2-8-0 No. 604, which had been based at Spencer. «News & Observer, Mar 15»

As fuel prices head north, diesel railway engines to turn LNG

Faced with high fuel costs in running its fleet of diesel trains, the railways ministry — headed by Pawan Kumar Bansal — has initiated grand plans to retrofit ... «Hindustan Times, Jan 13»

Where is Sodor, home of Thomas the Tank Engine?

But how do you get to Sodor, home of Thomas the Tank Engine and the other ... WV Awdry's first book on the line, Small Railway Engines, includes a visit by the ... «BBC News, Jul 11»