Steam engine
Steam engine noun - External-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder.
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Train and steam engine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Train" instead a noun phrase "Steam engine".
Train
Train noun - A body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person.
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Comes up again on Earth where the most cost effective way of getting around without having to deal with Wild Code is by using a steam engine and train tracks.
Source: Literature / The Quantum Thief -
The military train in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is quite clearly a Spanish steam engine (note the buffers as it pulls into the station) pulling European-style two-axle cars.
Source: Just Train Wrong -
The circus train that eventually crashes in The Rugrats Movie is pulled by a steam engine, despite obvious late 1990s technologies and references occurring throughout the film.
Source: Steam Never Dies
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