electric locomotive or engine

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• Electric locomotive — Electric Trains redirects here. For the 1995 Squeeze single, see Electric Trains (song). An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from an external source. Sources include overhead lines, third rail or an on board electricity… …   Wikipedia

• electric locomotive — noun a locomotive that is powered by an electric motor • Hypernyms: ↑locomotive, ↑engine, ↑locomotive engine, ↑railway locomotive • Part Meronyms: ↑electric motor * * * noun : an electrically operated locomotive that …   Useful english dictionary

• Gas turbine-electric locomotive — DescriptionIn a GTEL a turbine engine, similar to a turboshaft engine, drives an output shaft that is in turn attached to an electrical generator via a system of gears. This in turn powers the traction motors. In overall terms the system is very… …   Wikipedia

• Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive — Infobox Book name = Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive orig title = Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails translator = image caption = author = Victor Appleton cover artist = country = United States… …   Wikipedia

• diesel-electric locomotive — noun a locomotive driven by the electric current generated by a diesel engine • Syn: ↑diesel electric • Hypernyms: ↑diesel locomotive * * * noun also diesel electric or …   Useful english dictionary

• locomotive — locomotively, adv. locomotiveness, locomotivity, n. /loh keuh moh tiv/, n. 1. a self propelled, vehicular engine, powered by steam, a diesel, or electricity, for pulling or, sometimes, pushing a train or individual railroad cars. 2. an organized… …   Universalium

• General Electric Locomotive — GE Transportation Systems, popularmente conocida como GE Rail, es una división de la empresa General Electric Infrastructure (que incluye GE Aircraft Engine). Esta empresa fabrica equipamiento para la industria ferrocarril así como para otras… …   Wikipedia Español

• Locomotive — A locomotive is a railway 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… …   Wikipedia

• Electric vehicle — Sustainable energy Renewable energy …   Wikipedia

• Engine — This article is about a machine to convert energy into useful mechanical motion. For other uses of engine, see Engine (disambiguation). For other uses of motor, see Motor (disambiguation). A V6 internal combustion engine from a Mercedes car An… …   Wikipedia

• locomotive engine — noun a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks • Syn: ↑locomotive, ↑engine, ↑railway locomotive • Derivationally related forms: ↑engineer (for: ↑engine) …   Useful english dictionary