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fire, water, and steel, arranged to insist that distance is negotiable.
means a self-powered vehicle that pulls or pushes railway cars, converting fuel into motion instead of carrying its own cargo.
from from latin loco (from a place) plus motivus (causing motion) — literally a thing that moves things from a place, coined in the early 1800s as steam engines left the factory floor and hit the rails.
stephenson's rocket1829 winner, hit 30 mph, terrified everyone
gauge warstrack widths once varied by country out of spite
diesel takeoversteam engines vanished from mainlines by the 1960s
loudest jobfootplate crews worked deaf by retirement, routinely