Types of locomotives

• Steam Locomotive

• Diesel Locomotive

• Electric Locomotive

• Maglev Locomotive

Steam locomotives

• Steam locomotives get their power from water.

• The water is boiled to make steam and then the steam is packed into a very small space.

Types of steam locomotives• There are two types of steam locomotives:

– Coal Burning– Wood Burning

Diesel locomotives

• Diesel locomotives are sometimes called

“Diesel-Electric”. They are just using a combustion engine to move the wheels.

• Diesel engines must get fuel the same way cars get gasoline. They have to ride up the pump.

• Diesel locomotives are very powerful.

Electric locomotives • An electric locomotive gets its electricity

from a power source. Here the train is using a pantograph to collect electricity from the overhead wires. Diesel locomotives are really electrical locomotives.

Maglev trains

• Maglev locomotives are the fastest trains in the world.

• They do not use wheels to make the train move. They use the force of magnets.

• Maglev trains can travel 431 miles an hour.

• The maglev trains do not make any air pollution.

A guesing game

• Could you recognize the type of locomotive in these pictures?

Let’s draw our favourite locomotive

Steam locomotive

Diesel locomotive

Electric locomotive

Maglev locomotive

• Students have worked very hard on the project.

• They have got fantastic scrapbooks and they have used them to prepare multimedia presentations.

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