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

Derived forms: railway locomotives

Type of: self-propelled vehicle

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

Encyclopedia: Railway locomotive