"Locomotive Breath" was covered by Rabbitt (starring Trevor Rabin) on their 1975 album "Boys Will Be Boys", by Indian psychedelic rock band Atomic Forest in 1972, by Italo disco outfit Cat Gang in 1983, by W.A.S.P. on the reissue of their 1989 album "The Headless Children" (as a bonus track), Styx on their 2005 album "Big Bang Theory", and Helloween on their 1999 album "Metal Jukebox". A Swedish rock band, formed in 1995 by Janne Stark, takes its name from the song. In 2018 rock group Höffmänn covered this song