Diesel locomotive
Diesel locomotive noun - A locomotive driven by a diesel engine.
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Train and diesel locomotive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Train" instead a noun phrase "Diesel locomotive".
Train
Train noun - A body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person.
Diesel locomotive and train are semantically related. You can use "Diesel locomotive" instead a noun "Train".
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In these scenes, the train is pushed by a Bm 4/4 diesel locomotive which remains unseen while the electric locomotive with its pantographs down remains in plain sight.
Source: Just Train Wrong - Since season 4, any scene taking place at the train station is accompanied with the background sounds of a diesel locomotive idling despite there only being steam trains in the show.
Source: Just Train Wrong -
Cars has Trev Diesel, a red and yellow diesel locomotive that almost hit Lightning McQueen on his way to Radiator Springs, while the sequel has Stephenson, a British bullet train used by Mater, Finn McMissile, and Holly Shiftwell to get from Paris, France to Porto Corsa, Italy.
Source: Cool Train
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Train and Diesel locomotive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 30, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/diesel_locomotive/train
Diesel locomotive & Train. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/diesel_locomotive/train>.
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