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Will the train engine runs backward?
i heard my friends saying it works only in the forward direction
A Train Engine may operate forwards or backwards. The only distinguishing feature of a Train Engine (as opposed to any other use of an engine) is that it is attached to the front of a train (or exceptionally the back of the train - see article); the direction in which the actual engine is facing is irrelevant. Timothy TitusTalk To TT10:41, 7 November 2008 (UTC)reply
Merge with Locomotive
Someone a long time ago suggested merging with locomotive. The article claims that Train Engine is technically not the same, but I don't see any difference. I think this should redirect there. Please comment, railfans.
D O N D E groovilyTalk to me05:11, 20 February 2011 (UTC)reply
I'd agree, so I redirected to
Locomotive (equivalent to deletion but some people may actually use the term "train engine", we should redirect for their benefit). I copy & pasted the sole usable bit of text from the article across to Locomotive, and will tidy that up. A glossary of locomotive usage terminology could be interesting although the text from this article would add little, it'd mostly draw from Locomotive and from a handful of stubs that we have lying around.
bobrayner (
talk)
10:48, 20 February 2011 (UTC)reply
Comment - I think you should have waited a little longer. But, I have copied the other useful bit over to
locomotive, added a sub-section heading "Operation role" with a {{anchor|role}}, which this now redirects to.
Tim PF (
talk)
12:18, 20 February 2011 (UTC)reply
This redirect is within the scope of WikiProject Trains, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to
rail transport on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the
project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the
discussion. See also:
WikiProject Trains to do list and the
Trains Portal.TrainsWikipedia:WikiProject TrainsTemplate:WikiProject Trainsrail transport articles
Will the train engine runs backward?
i heard my friends saying it works only in the forward direction
A Train Engine may operate forwards or backwards. The only distinguishing feature of a Train Engine (as opposed to any other use of an engine) is that it is attached to the front of a train (or exceptionally the back of the train - see article); the direction in which the actual engine is facing is irrelevant. Timothy TitusTalk To TT10:41, 7 November 2008 (UTC)reply
Merge with Locomotive
Someone a long time ago suggested merging with locomotive. The article claims that Train Engine is technically not the same, but I don't see any difference. I think this should redirect there. Please comment, railfans.
D O N D E groovilyTalk to me05:11, 20 February 2011 (UTC)reply
I'd agree, so I redirected to
Locomotive (equivalent to deletion but some people may actually use the term "train engine", we should redirect for their benefit). I copy & pasted the sole usable bit of text from the article across to Locomotive, and will tidy that up. A glossary of locomotive usage terminology could be interesting although the text from this article would add little, it'd mostly draw from Locomotive and from a handful of stubs that we have lying around.
bobrayner (
talk)
10:48, 20 February 2011 (UTC)reply
Comment - I think you should have waited a little longer. But, I have copied the other useful bit over to
locomotive, added a sub-section heading "Operation role" with a {{anchor|role}}, which this now redirects to.
Tim PF (
talk)
12:18, 20 February 2011 (UTC)reply