Train Driver Operating a Locomotive
A smiling train driver operates a steam locomotive pulling a passenger car along the tracks beneath a distant rolling horizon.
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A train driver at the locomotive controls
The steam engine is viewed from the side and slightly from the front as it travels on rails. The driver is visible from the waist up on the locomotive platform, with both hands near the control panel. A smokestack releases a cloud of smoke above the round, banded boiler. Large wheels and a connecting rod power the engine, while the passenger car behind it has rectangular windows and a door.
How a steam locomotive moves
A steam locomotive heats water in its boiler to produce pressurized steam. That steam drives pistons, and rods transfer their motion to the wheels. The driver watches the track and controls the locomotive, while other crew members may help manage the fire, brakes, signals, and safe operation.
Real colors of a steam train
- Boiler and smokestack: commonly black, dark green, deep red, or navy blue
- Wheels and connecting rods: black-painted metal with steel gray moving parts
- Smoke and steam: white, pale gray, or darker gray depending on the fuel and conditions
- Passenger car: brown, green, red, blue, or another railway company color
- Rails and track bed: silver-gray steel, brown wooden ties, and gray stone