Meanings
plural steam trains
- rail transportA train pulled by a steam locomotive.
The early Underground trains were essentially ordinary steam trains that just happened to be running below the streets in the middle of London.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 331 more example
"But if so, why do you see so many young children on steam trains - apart, that is, from being dragged along by their fathers, or grandfathers? "I think they enjoy them because they are simply so different, so mechanical, so hot, oily and clanky, so dirty, so 'analogue' in a digital world. They are everything modern life tries to extirpate in favour of silence, smoothness and cleanness. Kids love that.
2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, page 56
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 蒸汽機車 /蒸汽机车
- 蒸汽機車 /蒸汽机车 (zhēngqì jīchē)type of train
Dutch stoomtrein
- stoomtreintype of train
Finnish höyryjuna
- höyryjunatype of train
French train à vapeur
- train à vapeurtype of train
German Dampfzug
- Dampfzugtype of train
Greek ατμάμαξα
- ατμάμαξα (atmámaxa)type of train
Italian treno a vapore
- treno a vaporetype of train
Korean 증기기관차
- 증기기관차 (jeunggigigwancha)type of train
Polish parowóz
- parowóztype of train
Russian парово́з
- парово́з (parovóz)type of train
Swedish ångtåg
- ångtågtype of train
Turkish buharlı tren
- buharlı trentype of train
Ukrainian парово́з, паротя́г
- парово́з (parovóz)type of train
- паротя́г (parotjáh)type of train
Cite this entry
steam train. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steam%20train
“steam train.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steam%20train. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steam train,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steam%20train.
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