DCHP-3

iron horse†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a railway locomotive.

Quotations

1852
A considerable number of persons congregated near the Queen's wharf, to witness the trial, and appeared much pleased with the "Iron Horse," as he snorted along the track.
1887
The advance of the iron horse into the prairies of the North West had probably as much to do with the Indian rising of 1885 as had the insidious influence of Louis Kiel and his half breeds.
1955
Early 'Iron Horses' had names, but to-day they have numbers.