This page groups engines by the fuel they burn or the combustion cycle they follow, such as diesel, petrol or steam. An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy, and which fuel or cycle it uses decides which group here it falls into.
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1. Wikipedia: Rail transport
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On 21 February 1804, the world's first steam-powered railway journey took place when Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train.
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