crane engine

noun — 2 senses

crane engine

noun

1

Rail transport, Railways, Transport Obsolete Synonym of crane locomotive.

Great Western Railway 0-6-4 pannier-tank crane engine No. 18, "Steropes" built in 1903, at Swindon in September, 19271951 October, H. C. Casserley, “Crane Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 660, photo caption:

2

Obsolete A traction engine fitted with a crane.

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