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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.: 80 It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, coke, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomotive's boiler to the point where it becomes gaseous and its volume increases 1,600 to 1,700 times.…

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History

United States

Australia

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Performance

Manufacture

The end of steam in general use

Revival

Environmental impact

Steam locomotives in popular culture

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Types of steam locomotives

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Steam locomotive

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Steam locomotive

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related to United States · 65
Steam locomotive → ALCO, Almost, Alterations, Altogether, America, American, American Locomotive Company, An, Baldwin, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Baltimore, Before, Belpaire, British, Class, Col, Columbus, Companies, Europe, Europe's
related to Australia · 47
Steam locomotive → Adelaide, Australia, Australia-wide, Australian, Australian Standard Garratts, Ballarat, Bendigo, Beyer, C38, Cardiff Workshops, Clyde, Clyde Engineering, Company, England, Eveleigh, Eveleigh Railway Workshops, Garratt, However, In Queensland, In Sydney
related to Revival · 38
Steam locomotive → As, August, Betton Grange, BR, BR Class, Brighton Atlantic Beachy Head, Corris, County, Darlington, Dramatic, Examples, Ffestiniog, From, Glamorgan, GWR, Hengist, Hopetown Works, However, It, Lady
related to Continental Europe · 32
Steam locomotive → Adler, Another, Bavarian Ludwig Railway, Berlin, British, Built, Cherepanovs, Company, December, European, Fürth, In Germany, In Russia, It, Johann Friedrich Krigar, John Blenkinsop, June, Königliche Eisengießerei, Königshütte, Luisenthal
related to Steam turbines · 28
Steam locomotive → Chesapeake, Despite, Experiments, Grängesberg, Had, However, In, January, Midland, Norfolk, Ohio, Oxelösund, PRR, Scottish Railway, Steam, Sweden, TGOJ MT3, The, The London, The Pennsylvania Railroad
related to Britain · 22
Steam locomotive → Abercynon, Accompanied, Andrew Vivian, Birmingham, Coalbrookdale, Coalbrookdale Locomotive, February, In, It, Merthyr Tydfil, On, Pen-y-darren, Richard Trevithick, Scottish, Shropshire, South Wales, The, Trevithick, Trevithick's, United Kingdom
related to Most-manufactured classes · 20
Steam locomotive → Around, Class, Czechoslovakia, DX, German DRB Class, Germany, GWR, Hungary, In Britain, Kriegslok, Lancashire, London, North Western Railway, Poland, Russia, Russian, Sweden, The, The Russian, Yorkshire Railway
related to Fuel and water · 18
Steam locomotive → Australian, British, Eastern, Europe, Generally, German, In, Often, Railways, Russian, Southern Pacific, The, UK, United States, Until, US, Victoria, World War II
related to Sweden · 18
Steam locomotive → ASJ, Britain, Canada, Cold War, During, E2, Falun, Germany, In, Later, Many, Netherlands, NOHAB, One, P8, Prussian, Swedish, Trollhättan
related to Condensers and water re-supply · 16
Steam locomotive → American, Australia, Class, During, In, In Australia, Karoo, New South Wales, Some British, South Africa, Steam, The, These, This, US, Water

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Steam locomotiveis atype of locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam0.90text
the Union Pacific Big Boyinstance ofheavy locomotives0.80text
which weighs 540 long tonsinstance ofheavy locomotives0.80text
the whistleinstance ofbut is also used to operate other devices0.80text
the air compressor for the brakesinstance ofbut is also used to operate other devices0.80text
the pump for replenishing the water in the boilerinstance ofbut is also used to operate other devices0.80text
the passenger car heating systeminstance ofbut is also used to operate other devices0.80text
Chapeloninstance ofwith engineers0.80text
Gieslinstance ofwith engineers0.80text
Porta making large improvements in thermal efficiencyinstance ofwith engineers0.80text
a significant reduction in maintenance timeinstance ofwith engineers0.80text
pollutioninstance ofwith engineers0.80text

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