steam generator

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steam generator

noun steam generators

  1. A type of boiler fitted in a diesel locomotive or another rail vehicle, which provided steam heating in steam-heated passenger trains that had previously been hauled by steam locomotives. [...] during those ghastly winters of the late 1940's when the smallish steam generators of early diesel passenger units proved inadequate …[...]

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@misc{steam_generator_2026,
  title = {steam generator},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/steam%20generator},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}