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steam-hauled

steam-hauled adjective: pulled by a steam locomotive.

Adjective

steam-hauled (not comparable)

  1. Pulled by a steam locomotive.
    • Meantime, some trains continue to be steam-hauled between Oslo and the frontier.1952 January, “Electrification Progress in Norway”, in RAIL, page 55
    • From January 2, writes L. J. Jennings, diesel multiple-units took over completely the local service between Leicester, Hinckley, Nuneaton and Birmingham, except for the 3.10 a.m. Nuneaton Trent Valley-Leicester London Road and the 9.18 p.m. in the reverse direction, which remain steam-hauled.1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 134–135

Questions about steam-hauled

What does steam-hauled mean?
Steam-hauled means pulled by a steam locomotive.
What part of speech is steam-hauled?
Steam-hauled is an adjective.

Words near steam-hauled in the dictionary

  1. steam-cracked
  2. steam-cracking
  3. steam-cracks
  4. steam-engine
  5. steam-engines
  6. steam-hauled
  7. steam-heat
  8. steam-heated
  9. steam-heating
  10. steam-heats
  11. steam-packet

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