Which preposition to use with locomotive

in Occurrences 13%

"Marx once wrote that war is like a locomotive in the history of the world.

of Occurrences 13%

The locomotive of the express had cut into the last freight car a distance of several feet, smashing a number of boxes and barrels and likewise the headlight of the engine.

with Occurrences 12%

But who thinks of the lumbering stage coach now, with its snail's pace of eight miles the hour, when the locomotive with its long train of cars, lighted up like the street of a city in motion, rushes over the smooth rails literally with the speed of the wind.

on Occurrences 6%

Besides, the locomotives on the fast trains are changed every 120 to 150 miles, while the entire run of 1,253 miles was made by one auto which had already run 7,500 miles in ordinary service before it was entered in the race.

at Occurrences 5%

The train was composed of several small box cars and one second-class passenger coach of German manufacture with a dumpy little locomotive at either end, one to pull and one to push.

from Occurrences 4%

" He took up a yellow package of valueless obligations upon the top of which an old-fashioned locomotive from whose bell-shaped funnel the smoke poured in picturesque black clouds, dragging behind it a chain of funny little passenger coaches, drove furiously along beside a rushing river through fields rich with corn and wheat amid a border of dollar signs.

for Occurrences 3%

Locomotive engines, general description of the locomotive; Stephenson's locomotive; Gooch's locomotive for the wide gauge; Crampton's locomotive for the narrow gauge.

like Occurrences 1%

"He's no locomotive like McMillan, ner a flyin' machine like them Tolman dogs an' Irish an' Rover; but you've no idea how powerful an' willin' he is till you've tried him.

per Occurrences 1%

The actual cost for freight-locomotives per ton, per mile run, during the year ending Sept. 30, 1855, was 384/1000 of a cent; and the above 143,980 miles saved, multiplied by this fraction, amounts to $55,288 per annum.

than Occurrences 1%

This is rather an important station, and from the engine house comes a more powerful locomotive than those which have brought the train along since we left Uzun Ada.

to Occurrences 1%

You have added your speed to that of the locomotive to some purpose.

across Occurrences 1%

She had, with his guidance, driven a locomotive across a shaking, half-braced bridge, fired a heavy blasting shot, and caught big gray trout from his canoe.

Which preposition to use with  locomotive