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nouncrane engine (plural crane engines)
plural crane engines
- obsoleterail transportSynonym of crane locomotive.
Great Western Railway 0-6-4 pannier-tank crane engine No. 18, "Steropes" built in 1903, at Swindon in September, 1927
1951 October, H. C. Casserley, “Crane Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 660, photo captionSynonyms: crane locomotive
- obsoleteA traction engine fitted with a crane.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of crane locomotive.
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