locomotive

railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train
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locomotive
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locomotive

Summary

locomotive ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,586 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • locomotive's manufacturer is recorded as rail industry[2].
  • locomotive is a type of railway traction vehicle[3].
  • locomotive is a type of motor vehicle[4].
  • locomotive is part of train[5].
  • locomotive's Commons category is recorded as Locomotives[6].
  • locomotive comprises train driver's cab[7].
  • locomotive comprises coach[8].
  • locomotive comprises engine[9].
  • locomotive's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Locomotives[10].
  • locomotive's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • locomotive's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • locomotive's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • locomotive's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[14].
  • locomotive's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • locomotive's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox locomotive[16].
  • locomotive's used by is recorded as Q4265855[17].
  • locomotive's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Locomotive[18].
  • locomotive's different from is recorded as Q11762475[19].
  • locomotive's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].
  • locomotive's category for the view of the item is recorded as Category:Locomotives by view[21].
  • locomotive's P14864 is recorded as veturi[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include railway traction vehicle[3] and motor vehicle[4].

Use and Application

Components include train driver's cab[7], coach[8], and engine[9]. locomotive is part of train[5]. locomotive's used by is recorded as Q4265855[17].

Influence

Things named for locomotive include FC Lokomotiv Moscow[23], an association football club[24], in Russia[25], founded in 1923[26], headquartered in Moscow[27].

Why It Matters

locomotive ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,586 views/month).[1] locomotive has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] locomotive is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for locomotive include FC Lokomotiv Moscow[23], an association football club[24], in Russia[25], founded in 1923[26], headquartered in Moscow[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Zache · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14864 → veturi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14864]]: veturi, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789688721844"
  2. 23d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → locomotives
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: locomotives, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941495|locomotives (#289941495)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  3. 15w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003391-lokomotivy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0003391-lokomotivy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  4. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → train
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox locomotive
    Used by → Q4265855
    Has part(s) → train driver's cab, coach, engine
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13354, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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