A steam engine is a locomotive driven by boiling water. Fire up the steam engine.
It burns coal to boil water, and the steam pushes pistons that turn the wheels. A steam engine wastes most of its fuel as heat, which is why diesel replaced it everywhere.
1nounrailA locomotive driven by boiling water.
“The steam engine took forty minutes to raise enough pressure to move.”
steam engine is an engine.
Practised in Railways