Adjective modifier

• big: The demise of big steam engines has been predicted since 1968 and it hasn't happened yet.

Converse of object

• run: Trevithick ran a steam engine through the streets of Camborne on Christmas Eve 1801.

Preposition: in

• service: Pendragon at Exmoor ready for return to Rudyard LATEST NEWS updated 18/8/06: Click here All 5 steam engines in service.

Converse of subject

• power: By the 1860s, cargo ships were being made from iron and powered by steam engines.

Noun used with modifier

• railroad: His rendering of a steam railroad engine starting and stopping was something to marvel, ( and to smile ) at.