Definition: Locomotive

Category: Transport

Tractive railway vehicle with a power of 110 kW and above at the draw hook equipped with prime mover and motor or with motor only used for hauling railway vehicles.*

Types of locomotives

- Electric locomotive

-- Locomotive with one or more electric motors, deriving current primarily from overhead wires or conductor rails or from accumulators carried on the locomotive.**

- Diesel locomotive

-- Locomotive, the main source of power of which is a diesel engine, irrespective of the type of transmission installed.***

- Steam locomotive

-- Locomotive, whether cylinder or turbine driven, in which the source of power is steam irrespective of the type of fuel used.

(Fourth version of the Transport Glossary).

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Tractive railway vehicle with a power of 110 kW and above at the draw hook equipped with prime mover and motor or with motor only used for hauling railway vehicles.

(Third version of the Transport Glossary). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/transport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED Eurostat, ECMT, UN/ECE, "Glossary for Transport Statistics", 3rd Edition, Luxembourg 2003