1. Of or relating to locomotion
   "The locomotive power of steam engines revolutionized transportation in the 19th century";
   - locomotor, loco [informal]

1. A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
   "The steam locomotive pulled into the station";
   - engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive [Brit, Cdn], railroad locomotive [N. Amer], loco [informal]

Derived forms: locomotives

Type of: self-propelled vehicle

Part of: railroad train [N. Amer], railway train [Brit, Cdn], train

Encyclopedia: Locomotive, Railway Carriage and Wagon Review