The word "locomotive" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to a type of railway engine. For example: "The locomotive pulled the train up the steep hill."
He pointed out that having founded the FN and "led it during a period of 40 years of constant adversity" he considered himself a good "locomotive" to head the local regional election campaign.
The locomotive bringing Walter, Herberger and the Jules Rimet Trophy back to West Germany was stopped time and time again, not by leaves on the line or the wrong kind of snow, but by fans pouring out of their houses and on to the tracks in order to get a glimpse of the world champions and show their gratitude.
Declines in mortality rates among older people are playing an increasingly important part in population ageing in the developed world, but "the main locomotive of global ageing is fertility decline," says Mr Chamie.
Enthusiasts recently completed Tornado, the first steam-powered locomotive to be built in Britain for nearly 50 years, at a cost of £3m ($4.6m).
But America is less important as a locomotive for global growth than it used to be, thanks to the greater vigour of emerging economies.
But it still cheered the BoJ no end.The bank is counting on consumption, which accounts for 55% of Japanese GDP, to become the locomotive of the economy.
"It instantly struck me what an incredibly well-plotted work it is: scary, but with that madcap element that reminded me – and I mean this as the highest possible compliment – of an episode of Scooby-Doo!" As well as the visible locomotive-orchestra, there are other aspects of Hunter's production that would probably also have perturbed Ridley.
Stopping a train can take so long that locomotive-operators, also known as engineers, often have time to contemplate their fate before an impact.
The main difference is that whereas the carmakers were able to design new vehicles around their new technology, locomotive-builders have had to construct their hybrid engines as packages that can replace the original motors of existing machines.As with cars, Japan leads the way.
And a few bigger companies elsewhere in Poland, such as Pesa, a locomotive-maker, and Solaris, a manufacturer of buses and trams, are doing well thanks to a strong focus on R&D.
They have seen off Fairchild Dornier, Fokker and Saab from Europe because they have been prepared to introduce more innovative aircraft using modern jet technology.Only a few years ago the railway-locomotive industry in Europe was spread among a handful of regional companies.
