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...

see and travel behind, real engines." — Sir Charles Topham Hatt II/The Fat Controller, Little Western, Enterprising Engines The Skarloey Railway (SR) is...

"British engineer Joseph Diplock patented a four-wheel-drive system for a traction engine, while in Vienna, Austria, Ferdinand Porsche developed an electric...

more notable companies that manufactured traction engines of any kind, including steam tractors, portable engines, and steam rollers. Borsig of Berlin, Germany...

Fisher and Jack goes badly, as (without knowing their connection) the traction engine crashes into the front of Fisher's car on a narrow lane. They then...

converted the steam engine to self driving, thus making an intermediate step towards the traction engine. Several Tuxford engines were displayed at the...

The majority of steam rollers are outwardly similar to traction engines as many traction engine manufacturers later produced rollers based on their existing...

on his completed traction engine, visiting the workshops that still could produce the parts needed for his antique vehicle. His engine, however, was not...

businessmen in 1893, and was originally named the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company. In 1892, Froelich built a successful gasoline-powered tractor...

and the reboot series Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go. Buck, Kate (1 September 2018). "Thomas the Tank Engine gets multicultural female trains in equality...

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...

Company by 1887. In 1895, the line expanded to include steam-powered traction engines. Meinrad died in 1904, but his sons continued to manage the business...

The Darby Steam-Digger, a light traction engine, was invented circa 1879 by farmer Thomas Darby and built at Lodge Farm Pleshey, near Chelmsford in Essex...

of Leathley Road, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England produced traction engines and ploughing implements and equipment, as well as railway equipment...

travelling funfair or circus. Similar to other road-going traction engines, showman's engines were normally distinguished by the addition of a full-length...

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...

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...

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...

Operators of Farm and Traction Engines by James H. Maggard. Threshermen were crews of laborers who owned their own traction engine and threshing machinery...

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...

invest in work on an improved design for a traction engine. Best saw the need for an improved traction engine (now also known as a steam tractor) to pull...

The word traction from Latin, being the agent noun of trahere "to pull" in the sense of "drawn" was used for the naming of traction engines developed...

Atlantic. In Great Britain, a number of traction engine builders attempted to produce a design of agricultural engine that could pull a plow directly, in...

two basic forms: The overtype design drew much from traction engine practice, and used an engine unit that consisted of a locomotive type boiler, with...

Boydell's Traction-Engine". The Farmer's Magazine. 45 (1). London. 1856-06-30. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. "Tuxford's Boydell Traction Engine" (PDF)...

Many early sawmills were designed to be belt-driven from a steam traction engine (which could also be used to transport the saw). Prior to the advent...

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propel rail cars Traction engine, a self-propelled steam engine Traction (agency), San Francisco-based interactive advertising agency Traction (orthopedics)...

interested in steam-powered traction engines - also known as "steam tractors", "steam traction engines" or simply "steam engines" - as well as related equipment...

piano. Later machines were steam-powered, driven by a portable engine or traction engine. Isaiah Jennings, a skilled inventor, created a small thresher...