honorary steam engine
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edithonorary steam engine (plural honorary steam engines)
- Synonym of honorary steam locomotive
- 2009 August 28, wjstix, “"Honorary Steam Locomotive"”, in Trains Forums[1]:
- Of course Alcos in general were sometimes referred to as "honorary steam engines" due to the fact that they were one of the few diesel types that produced smoke like a steam engine.