| CABOOSE | Car opposite the locomotive |
| TRAINEE | Apprentice taking the locomotive to the points (7) |
| STEPHENSON | George, English engineer associated with the locomotive the Rocket (10) |
| BOGIE | This part of the locomotive engine would sound familiar to the golfer (5) |
| DETRAIN | Leave the locomotive |
| TRAIN | I rant about the locomotive (5) |
| DRIVINGWHEELS | Those powering the locomotive, guiding Herbie Ferris and Catherine - a real firecracker! (7,6) |
| STANIER | Surname of the locomotive engineer commemorated by LMS No. 6256 (7) |
| EYESTRAIN | Looks at the locomotive and gets ocular discomfort (9) |
| SORE | Part of the locomotive's or engine's tender |
| MARX | "Revolutions are the locomotives of history" sayer |
| ULNA | Name the bone of the forearm which is on the side opposite the thumb (4) |
| NADIR | The part of the celestial sphere directly below an observer and opposite the zenith / abyss |
| WALTONLEDALE | Large village in Lancashire on the south bank of the River Ribble, opposite the city of Preston, adjacent to Bamber Bridge |
| SALTO | Second-largest city of Uruguay, on the east bank of the Uruguay River opposite the Argentine city of Concordia (5) |
| STERN | The rear of a boat or ship, opposite the bow; or, the tail of a dog such as a beagle or foxhound (5) |
| RUSE | Largest river port of Bulgaria, on the right bank of the Danube opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu (4) |
| PEEN | Part of the head that's opposite the face |
| ABEAM | Opposite the middle, find sailor, first engineer, in the morning (5) |
| PONS | -- asinorum; Latin phrase meaning "bridge of donkeys" used to describe the angles opposite the equal |