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Definition of Diesel locomotive
1. Noun. A locomotive driven by a diesel engine.
Specialized synonyms: Diesel-electric, Diesel-electric Locomotive, Diesel-hydraulic, Diesel-hydraulic Locomotive
Generic synonyms: Engine, Locomotive, Locomotive Engine, Railway Locomotive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diesel Locomotive
Literary usage of Diesel locomotive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North (1914)
"... very weight of the rotating parts, time serious difficulties in the way of
workmanship is of such a high class building an efficient diesel locomotive ..."
2. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Elec W 61:1047-8 My 17 '13 diesel locomotives diesel locomotive. Sei Am 108:296
Mr 29 '13 diesel locomotive for Prussian-Hessian state railways. ..."
3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1914)
"The First diesel locomotive. Illustrated description and drawings of the first
railway locomotive operated by a Diesel crude-oil engine. Also editorial. ..."
4. Canadian Transportation and Distribution Management (1869)
"So a diesel locomotive of the F7 type may be 1500, 3000, ... The easiest way to
understand what happens in a diesel locomotive is to Quickly trace the flow ..."
5. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"A nt-w type of diesel locomotive lor use in the Dutch State coal mines. ...
HAULAGE — LOCOMOTIVES — DIESEL — The diesel locomotive underground : Pts. ..."
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