driving wheel

Example Sentences

• "Just after leaving Milford the axle of the driving wheel of the locomotive broke, and before the train could be checked the trucks of the tender were thrown from the track; […]"
• "Though of the same width as smaller engines, the ten giants are longer and higher, with immense driving wheels that make the wheels of most other freight locomotives look like toy hoops."
• "A wild roar of steam and driving wheels, the wail of its hoarse whistle at the crossing, and then, looming black against the night sky, it smashes past, and in the swing of drivers and connecting rods I think of a greyhound, or a racehorse thundering the final stretch."
• "While not, perhaps, the handsomest of 4-4-2 tanks, as they had a rather large proportion of their driving wheels exposed, they proved very useful locomotives, doing yeoman work on suburban trains around London and Birmingham, and later on numerous rural routes."
• "My mother would be smoking, ashes falling in her lap, she would be sitting on a cushion so she could see over the driving wheel. […] She would drive slowly so she could look at the houses carefully."
• "Thanks in part to traffic school, I realize that one of the most dangerous activities I will be letting my children engage in is driving a car. As a parent, I will do my best to teach them the incredible responsibility they have when they put their hands on the driving wheel."