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passenger-locomotive

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as passenger-engine.

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Examples

  • We quote again from Mr. Hammer, who says: ` ` The freight-locomotive had single reduction gears, as is the modern practice, but the power was applied through a friction-clutch The passenger-locomotive was very speedy, and ninety passengers have been carried at a time by it; the freight-locomotive was not so fast, but could pull heavy trains at a good speed.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 2 1910

  • We quote again from Mr. Hammer, who says: "The freight-locomotive had single reduction gears, as is the modern practice, but the power was applied through a friction-clutch The passenger-locomotive was very speedy, and ninety passengers have been carried at a time by it; the freight-locomotive was not so fast, but could pull heavy trains at a good speed.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905

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