Language question

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Wasn’t the original term for “locomotive,” "locomotive engine,” with “locomotive” being used as an adjective to modify the noun ”engine,” that is, what kind of “engine”?

Pete Groom
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> On Oct 25, 2022, at 1:03 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Thank you Ed! The electric units definitely change the thought process that led to my question. 
> Mike Rector
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> On Tue, Oct 25, 2022, 1:16 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
> Mike - 
> The  Book of Operating Ru;es defined engine as a unit propelled by any form of energy.  N&W had to do this pretty early on because they had to cover the electric engines they got in 1915,
> - Ed King
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> On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 10:34 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
> Was the term 'engine' associates with steam locomotives during the age of steam? I understand the dictionary definition of engine applies to internal combustion engines just as it does steam engines. 
> 
> I'm curious if that term was in common use back then; or if they called them locomotives? I got to wondering this while looking at a photo of a crossing sign that said 'LOOK OUT FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE'.
> On the other hand, they were operated by 'Engineers'.
> 
> Mike Rector
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