Invention and Engineering

Electric–steam locomotive

An electric–steam locomotive is a steam locomotive that uses electricity to heat the water in the boiler to create steam instead of burning fuel in a firebox. Lack of time, resources and fuel, and the presence of relatively cheap and available electricity may make conversion of an existing steam locomotive into an electric–steam locomotive a viable proposition.

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• ▸Corrugated fiberboard
• ▸Andrew Rovenko
• ▸History of the metric system

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