locomotive
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We watched candle-dipping artisans at work with wide eyes, heard the screaming whistle of the authentic steam locomotive train, and perused each room of the Dolly Parton Experience museum with glee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The locomotive was pulling the wagons from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, to Theale, near Reading, when the derailment occurred.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
More than one analyst thinks it’s oversold and that a reversal is coming with buying from central banks the chief locomotive for any move upwards.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The workers include locomotive engineers, machinists, electricians and signalmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
The locomotive of Billy Pilgrim’s train whistled back.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
In August alone, some 40 locomotives were attacked across Ukraine, Pertsovsky told AFP in a telephone interview.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
When the steam engine was adapted to power locomotives, the cost of overland shipping dropped precipitously.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The so-called debasement trade as well as a drive for hard assets in a period of rising inflation and its safe-haven allure have been the chief locomotives of the breathtaking rally in silver.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026
"A new season is beginning: Italy has a leading role, it wants to be one of the locomotives of the EU," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
In 1928, William Mulholland’s dam collapsed, releasing a one-hundred-forty-foot wall of water and tumbling chunks of concrete as big as locomotives.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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