A type of (steam-powered)
traction engine, usually referring to those designed for heavy haulage on common roads
Showman's road locomotive, a form of the steam-powered road locomotive adapted and decorated for use hauling and powering funfair rides
A
ballast tractor, the modern diesel-powered equivalent of the steam road locomotive
(US) A railway locomotive intended for hauling trains between terminals (as opposed to switching within a yard), see Locomotive § Use.
An early, experimental steam-powered road vehicle, such as
Richard Trevithick's Puffing Devil. The term is often used to describe such vehicles that cannot be readily classified as 'carriages', 'wagons', or 'automobiles', for example. (See
History of steam road vehicles.)
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Road locomotive. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
A type of (steam-powered)
traction engine, usually referring to those designed for heavy haulage on common roads
Showman's road locomotive, a form of the steam-powered road locomotive adapted and decorated for use hauling and powering funfair rides
A
ballast tractor, the modern diesel-powered equivalent of the steam road locomotive
(US) A railway locomotive intended for hauling trains between terminals (as opposed to switching within a yard), see Locomotive § Use.
An early, experimental steam-powered road vehicle, such as
Richard Trevithick's Puffing Devil. The term is often used to describe such vehicles that cannot be readily classified as 'carriages', 'wagons', or 'automobiles', for example. (See
History of steam road vehicles.)
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Road locomotive. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.