tram locomotive

English

Noun

tram locomotive (plural tram locomotives)

1. (rail transport) A steam locomotive specially built, or modified, to run on a street, or roadside, tramway track, hauling trains of wagons or carriages.

   Synonym: tram engine

   • 1944 July and August, Railway Magazine, page 233, photo caption:

     L.N.E.R. class "Y6" 3 ft. 1 in. 0-4-0 steam tram locomotive No. 7133
     This locomotive, constructed at the Stratford works of the former Great Eastern Railway in 1897, was one of six which were built between 1883 and 1897 especially to work the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway.