Choo choo, productivity incoming! The locomotive emoji is your go-to symbol for momentum, deadlines barreling toward you, and that unstoppable, coffee-powered energy when you’re on a roll. People drop it for “full steam ahead” vibes, to announce a hype train in chats or streams, or to show they’re grinding through tasks with zero brakes. It’s also perfect for playful drama—like telling friends your subtlety has left the station.
On Apple/iOS, the locomotive shows a classic side-profile steam engine: a bold red body with blue-tinted windows, a black smokestack up front, metal wheels on gray rail tracks, and a tiny puff of white steam leading the way. The style feels shiny and toy-box nostalgic, instantly evoking Thomas the Tank Engine memories, Hogwarts Express daydreams, and Polar Express holiday energy. Online, it trends in countdown posts, gym PR victory laps, and Twitch-style “all aboard the hype train” moments. Used ironically, it screams “can’t stop this train” when chaos is already at full speed—or flirtatiously, when you’re rolling over to someone’s DMs with confidence.
A train powered by steam. chugga chugga choo choo!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1025 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture |  |
| Twitter.com Picture |  |
| LG Emoji Picture |  |
| Samsung Emoji Picture |  |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | :steam_locomotive: |
| Keywords | Locomotive, Steam, Train, Engine |
| Previous Names: | Steam Locomotive |
| Unicode Category | Transport and Map Symbols |
| Unicode Range | 1F680–1F6FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Vehicles |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 5 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🚂 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🚂 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🚂 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🚂 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f682 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F682 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128642 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0x82 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 9A 82 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 232 202 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDE82 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83dde82 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56962 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F682 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F682 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128642 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F682" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x9a\x82" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDE82" |
