Transportation

Transportation

Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.

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banking locomotive

Transportation; Railway

A locomotive used to assist trains over a section of line incorporating a long or steep 'bank' or grade. Many banks had permanent allocations of 'banking engines' or 'bankers', ...

bar frame

Transportation; Railway

Type of locomotive frame almost universal in the US but rare in the UK. It originated in the UK in 1830 when it appeared on an 0-4-0 locomotive named Liverpool built by Edward ...

beeching

Transportation; Railway

Dr. Beeching - Infamous arch villain of the railway world.

boiler insulation

Transportation; Railway

At first, locomotive boilers were usually insulated with wood battens secured by hoops and varnished. Fireboxes were left bare at first but, from 1839 some were covered, either ...