Image Number: | WH-1680020 |
Title: | Steam Train Locomotive |
Date: | [ca. 2014] |
Photographer / Illustrator: | Wilson Hui Calgary, Alberta |
Remarks: | Steam train locomotives were introduced in the early 1800's. They pulled trains carrying passengers and materials. Steam engines used boiling water (steam) to create mechanical motion. By the early 1900's they were slowly phased out and replaced by diesel-electric locomotives. |
Subject(s): | Alberta, Train |