Meanings
plural tram locomotives
- rail transportA steam locomotive specially built, or modified, to run on a street, or roadside, tramway track, hauling trains of wagons or carriages.
L.N.E.R. class "Y6" 3 ft. 1 in. 0-4-0 steam tram locomotive No. 7133 This locomotive, constructed at the Stratford works of the former Great Eastern Railway in 1897, was one of six which were built between 1883 and 1897 especially to work the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway.
1944 July and August, Railway Magazine, page 233, photo captionSynonyms: tram engine
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA steam locomotive specially built, or modified, to run on a street, or roadside, tramway track, hauling trains of wagons or carriages.
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