electric engines
electric engines is the plural of electric engine.
Meaning of electric engine
Noun
electric engine (plural electric engines)
- Synonym of electric locomotive.
- No sooner had a waiting locomotive backed on to its train, the vociferous 4-6-4 or 4-8-4 re-emerged from under the bridge, and the two red marker lights on the last vehicles passed, than the headlight of the electric engine hauling the following train could be seen under the bridge and the waiting...1954 January, H. P. White, “Vignettes of the Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 54, at Harmon station, New York
- Synonyms:
- electric locomotive
Questions about electric engines
- What is electric engines the plural of?
- Electric engines is the plural of electric engine.
Words near electric engines in the dictionary
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