steam locomotive

American  

noun

1. a locomotive moved by steam power generated in its own boiler: still in commercial use in nations that have not yet converted entirely to diesel and electric locomotives.

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Example Sentences

Farther off, whales blew jets of water from their blowholes like smoke from the smokestack of a Bloomer steam locomotive.

From Literature

But it was the steam locomotive itself that had overheated the little girl’s imagination.

From Literature

It is a piece of infrastructure forged in the fires of the UK's industrial heritage, including the world's first inter-city passenger line, and of course Stephenson's Rocket, the original steam locomotive.

From BBC

Dominating the street was a replica of an elevated train station and a steam locomotive acquired from a sugar plantation in Hawaii, where it had been used to transport workers.

From Los Angeles Times

A Victorian steam locomotive that has escaped being scrapped twice is back in action and pulling trains for the first time in 75 years.

From BBC