freight engine

American  

noun

1. a locomotive for pulling freight trains, designed for high drawbar pull rather than high speed.

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Etymology

Origin of freight engine

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

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freight engine

Fires had broken out in a freight engine in New Rochelle, N.Y., and on tracks at Manhattan's 125th Street station.

From Time Magazine Archive

A freight engine hauled a carload of coal into Kohler, Wis. one day last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

The freight engine, in backing down the track to be coupled, or fastened, to the cars, had banged into them rather hard.

From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South by Hope, Laura Lee

At the end of three hours they had a freight engine that had left its train on a siding thirty miles away and rolled up to rescue the stranded superintendent.

From The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories by Warman, Cy

She kept losing speed every second, and wheezed and puffed like a freight engine on a mountain grade, and moved about as fast.

From My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young by Cox, James