Skip to main content

Locomotives

Scope note

Use for self-propelled, nonrevenue rail vehicles designed to convert electrical or mechanical energy into tractive effort to haul railway cars. RRDICT

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000113388

Broader Terms used

<rail guideway vehicles>

Term used for

engines (locomotives)

Equivalent Terms used

locomotive

Created

12yrs ago

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: locomotives" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-96072 Accessed: 2024-05-07 11:31:28

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-96072|title=Terminology definition for: locomotives|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-05-07 11:31:28|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/terminology/term-96072

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...