- A
traction engine is a steam-powered
tractor used to move
heavy loads on roads,
plough ground or to
provide power at a
chosen location. The name derives...
- hard worker, but
sometimes has a
problem with
traction. Mike is a
small strong grumpy red 2-8-2
tender engine who
prefers goods trains to p****engers. He...
- "British
engineer Joseph Diplock patented a four-wheel-drive
system for a
traction engine,
while in Vienna, Austria,
Ferdinand Porsche developed an electric...
- use of the word
meaning "an
engine or
vehicle for
pulling wagons or plows"
occurred in 1896, from the
earlier term "
traction motor" (1859). In the UK, Ireland...
-
businessmen in 1893, and was
originally named the
Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company. In 1892,
Froelich built a
successful gasoline-powered tractor...
-
designed to
prevent loss of
traction (i.e., wheelspin) of the
driven road wheels. TCS is
activated when
throttle input and
engine power and
torque transfer...
- with
traction engines in
place of
vintage cars. Jack
Hopkins is an
aircraft designer and hands-on
engineer with a p****ion for
traction engines and he...
- works. In 1859,
Aveling invented the
traction engine when he
modified a
Clayton &
Shuttleworth portable engine,
which had to be
hauled from job to job...
- with four- and six-cylinder
engines, by
French carmaker Citroën from 1934 to 1957. With some 760,000
units built, the
Traction Avants were the
first front-wheel...
-
converted the
steam engine to self driving, thus
making an
intermediate step
towards the
traction engine.
Several Tuxford engines were displa**** at the...