Road locomotive

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Road locomotive could refer to:

  • A type of traction engine, usually referring to those used for heavy haulage on common roads
  • (US) A railway locomotive intended for hauling freight trains between terminals (as opposed to switching within a yard)
  • An early, experimental steam-powered road vehicle, such as Richard Trevithick's Puffing Devil. The term is often used to describe such vehicles that cannot be readily classified as 'carriages', 'wagons', or 'automobiles', for example. (See History of steam road vehicles.)