crane engine

English
Burrell RL crane engine 3829 'His Majesty' (PB9687) Dorset Steam Fair 3.9.1992

Noun

crane engine (plural crane engines)

  1. (rail transport, obsolete) Synonym of crane locomotive.
    • 1951 October, H. C. Casserley, “Crane Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 660, photo caption:
      Great Western Railway 0-6-4 pannier-tank crane engine No. 18, "Steropes" built in 1903, at Swindon in September, 1927
  2. (obsolete) A traction engine fitted with a crane.
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