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The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. Knight.

a railway train. [U. S.] -- Dummy car (Railroad), a car containing its own steam power or locomotive. -- Freight car (Railrood), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [U. S.] -- Hand car (Railroad), a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [U. S.] -- Horse car, or Street car…

also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.

iaceous lava from a volcano. Cinder frame, a framework of wire in front of the tubes of a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders. -- Cinder notch (Metal.), the opening in a blast furnace, through which melted cinder flows out.

m which the current is "picked up" by a plow or other device fixed to the car or electric locomotive. Hence Conduit railway.

A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot. [U.S.]

A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.

op or foundry. -- Water crane, a kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with water.

on. Crank axle (Mach.), a driving axle formed with a crank or cranks, as in some kinds of locomotives. -- Crank pin (Mach.), the cylindrical piece which forms the handle, or to which the connecting rod is attached, at the end of a crank, or between the arms of a double crank. -- Crank shaft, a shaft bent into a crank…

To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive. Lardner.

The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk.

A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

A locomotive with pilot at each end. Knight.

A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.

arriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive.

force; impelling; as, a driving shaft. Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a locomotive. -- Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving axle. See Illust. of Locomotive. -- Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a weak part of a measure and held through the next accented part,…

A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.

The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

hysical effect. Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive. -- Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe. -- Engine tool, a machine tool. J. Whitworth. -- Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine.

bar (Railroad Mach.), a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles.