Train locomotive

Train locomotive ÖBB 1044 (center) directly in front of the first car, leader locomotive 1110 (left) at the head of the train

The train locomotive is the locomotive that pulls the train ( train conveyance ). One differentiates in:

• Scheduled locomotive for the train journey
• Locomotive at the head of a train, which is immediately in front of the car. A possibly queued preload locomotive in front of the train locomotive, an intermediate locomotive within the train formation and a sliding or closing locomotive at the end of the train. In the case of multiple traction , no distinction is made between the leader and the pulling locomotive.

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• Railroad Lexicon . 5th edition. Transpress VEB Verlag, Berlin 1978, p. 851 (keyword  train locomotive ) .
• Bruno Lämmli: The locomotive in service. In: www.lokifahrer.ch. Retrieved February 1, 2018 . 
• Victor von Röll : Encyclopedia of the Railway System. Volume 3. 1912, p. 444.

Remarks

1. ↑ A locomotive at the end of a pushed push- pull train is also known as a train locomotive.