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Steam locomotives

Scope note

Use for locomotives powered by onboard internally fired boilers through which hot exhaust gases flow from a firebox in the rear to a smokebox and stack at the front and in which high-pressure steam expands within cylinders to drive two pistons; often having coal or water tenders coupled behind.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000228422

Equivalent Terms used

steam locomotive

Created

13yrs ago

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