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  1. A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. [1] : 80 It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomotive's boiler to the point where it becomes gaseous and its volume increases 1,700 times.

  2. Steam locomotive. First was the evolution of the railroad: the combination of the steam locomotive and a permanent travel way of metal rails. Experiments in this conjunction in the first quarter of the 19th century culminated in the Stockton & Darlington Railway, opened in 1825, and a further five years of experience with steam locomotives led ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 2/6/6-62-6-6-6 - Wikipedia

    The 2-6-6-6 (in Whyte notation) is an articulated locomotive type with two leading wheels, two sets of six driving wheels and six trailing wheels. Only two classes of the 2-6-6-6 type were built. One was the "Allegheny" class, built by the Lima Locomotive Works. The name comes from the locomotive's first service with the Chesapeake ...

  4. Componentes de una locomotora de vapor. Appearance. Este artículo contiene un glosario de los componentes que se encuentran habitualmente en una locomotora de vapor: Esquema de locomotora de vapor ( interactiva) Guía de los componentes habituales en las locomotoras de vapor.

  5. Today there are two main sources of power for a locomotive: oil (in the form of diesel fuel) and electricity. Steam, the earliest form of propulsion, was in almost universal use until about the time of World War II; since then it has been superseded by the more efficient diesel and electric traction.