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steam-hauled

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steam-hauled (not comparable)

  1. (rail transport, of a train) Pulled by a steam locomotive.
    • 1952 January, “Electrification Progress in Norway”, in RAIL, page 55:
      Meantime, some trains continue to be steam-hauled between Oslo and the frontier.
    • 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 134–135:
      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.