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Wikipedia: A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by a steam engine. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a "road locomotive" such as a traction engine or steamroller. Beginning in Britain, steam locomotives dominated railway usage from the start of the 19th century, until the middle of the 20th Century.
![[Aftermath of a boiler explosion on a railway locomotive circa 1850.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Boiler_explosion_1850_s.jpg "Aftermath of a boiler explosion on a railway locomotive circa 1850.")
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![[Er 774 38 0-10-0 on Steam Special Train in Moscow 11 July 2010]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Er_774_38_Moscow_s.jpg "Er 774 38 0-10-0 on Steam Special Train in Moscow 11 July 2010")
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![[Wakefield displacement lubricator mounted on a locomotive boiler backplate]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wakefield_Lubricator_s.jpg "Wakefield displacement lubricator mounted on a locomotive boiler backplate")
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![[South African Class 25 condensing locomotive.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/3511_Hartswater_240481_s.jpg "South African Class 25 condensing locomotive.")
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![[Steam locomotive NS&W #80 on a July night in 1964.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/NS_26W_80_s.jpg "Steam locomotive NS&W #80 on a July night in 1964.")
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![[The 200th steam locomotive built by Clyde Engineering from The Powerhouse Museum collection]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/200th_steam_locomotive_built_by_Clyde_TF_1164_from_The_Powerhouse_Museum_s.jpg "The 200th steam locomotive built by Clyde Engineering from The Powerhouse Museum collection")
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![[Cleaning an "H" class locomotive, Chicago and North Western Railway, 1943]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Washing_loco_s.jpg "Cleaning an \"H\" class locomotive, Chicago and North Western Railway, 1943")
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![[Pressure gauges on Blackmore Vale]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Blackmore_Vale_boiler_backplate_s.jpg "Pressure gauges on Blackmore Vale")
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![["Water is an essential element in the operation of a steam locomotive"Here a locomotive is "taking]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GWRwater_s.jpg "\"Water is an essential element in the operation of a steam locomotive\"Here a locomotive is \"taking")
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![[The conventional means of watering a locomotive was by refilling its tender or tank, from trackside water towers...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Steam_train_water_tap_s.jpg "The conventional means of watering a locomotive was by refilling its tender or tank, from trackside water towers...")
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![[Passenger steam locomotive P36]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Passenger_steam_locomotive_P36_0251_287_29_s.jpg "Passenger steam locomotive P36")
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![[Stephenson's Rocket 1829, the winner of the Rainhill Trials]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Stephenson_27s_Rocket_drawing_s.jpg "Stephenson's Rocket 1829, the winner of the Rainhill Trials")
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from Duncharris |
![[Steam Locomotive B-5112 in Ambarawa Railway Museum - Indonesia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ambarawa_locomotief_s.jpg "Steam Locomotive B-5112 in Ambarawa Railway Museum - Indonesia")
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![[A steam locomotive with the boiler and firebox exposed]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cutaway_steam_locomotive_s.jpg "A steam locomotive with the boiler and firebox exposed")
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![[A photograph of the AWS indicator inside Class 27 number D5401 at the Northampton & Lamport Railway]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/D5401_AWS_260108_d_adkins_s.jpg "A photograph of the AWS indicator inside Class 27 number D5401 at the Northampton & Lamport Railway")
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