- 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...
- "British
engineer Joseph Diplock patented a four-wheel-drive
system for a
traction engine,
while in Vienna, Austria,
Ferdinand Porsche developed an electric...
- see and
travel behind, real
engines.” ― Sir
Charles Topham Hatt II/The Fat Controller,
Little Western,
Enterprising Engines The
Skarloey Railway (SR) is...
- 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...
-
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...
-
businessmen in 1893, and was
originally named the
Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company. In 1892,
Froelich built a
successful gasoline-powered tractor...
- 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...
- in steam-driven carousels, or
supplied with
steam from a
traction engine. The
traction engine could also
supply electric power for lighting, and tow the...
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propel rail cars
Traction engine, a self-propelled
steam engine Traction (agency), San Francisco-based
interactive advertising agency Traction (orthopedics)...
