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diesel locomotive

locomotive powered by a diesel engine
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diesel locomotive
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Summary

diesel locomotive ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,594 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: locomotive[2]
  • Has use: diesel traction[3]
  • Commons category: Diesel locomotives[4]
  • Said to be the same as: internal combustion locomotive[5]
  • Unicode character: 🛲[6]
  • Powered by: diesel engine[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Diesel locomotives[8]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox diesel locomotive[9]

Why It Matters

diesel locomotive has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → Q171043
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Replaces: steam locomotive"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0010005-motorove-lokomotivy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0010005-motorove-lokomotivy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 28950, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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