steam locomotive
railway locomotive which generates its tractive power from a steam engine
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Summary
steam locomotive ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,995 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Creator: Richard Trevithick[2]
- Subclass of: locomotive[3], steam-powered rail vehicle[4], vehicle[5]
- Has use: heritage railway[6]
- Commons category: Steam locomotives[7]
- Unicode character: 🚂[8]
- Powered by: steam engine[9], steam turbine[10]
- Has part(s): steam engine[11], steam boiler[12], train driver's cab[13], driving wheel[14], leading wheel[15], trailing wheel[16], railway coupler[17], cowcatcher[18], chimney[19], steam dome[20], aircraft canopy[21], train whistle[22], fuel bunker[23]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1814[24]
- Source of energy: coal[25], firewood[26], petroleum[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Steam locomotives[28]
- Location of creation: Penydarren[29]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[30], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox steam locomotive[32]
- Immediate cause of: smoke[33]
- By-product: steam[34], heat[35], smoke[36], soot[37]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
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Influence
Things named for steam locomotive include sl[39], a command[40], founded in 1987[41].
Why It Matters
steam locomotive has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for it include sl[39], a command[40], founded in 1987[41].