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Examples of cowcatcher
cowcatcher
He also invented a type of speedometer and the locomotive cowcatcher.
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Some say it looks like a railroad engine with a cowcatcher, but it could be a look we'll warm up to.
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The cowcatcher is an angled assembly designed to deflect animals and debris off of the railroad track in front of the locomotive.
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Freberg plans to paint one of Pacific's Boeing 727s to look like a locomotive, complete with wheels on the fuselage and a cowcatcher on the nose.
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Macdonald traveled with his wife, and to get a better view, the two would sometimes sit in front of the locomotive on the train's cowcatcher.
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- Fender: an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- In railroading, the pilot is the device mounted at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles from the track that might otherwise derail the train. In some countries it is also called cowcatcher or cattle catcher.
- The V-shaped device on the front of a locomotive (or other large vehicle) shaped so as to push objects on the tracks out of the way, to preventing major damage to the train
- Pilot. The old term was discarded by railroad officials, probably because it was a butt for jokesters. You've often heard about the passenger on a slow local train complaining to the conductor, "I don't understand why you have the cowcatcher on the front of the engine. ...
- A V-shaped structure on the front of a steam locomotive designed to remove obstructions from the tracks. It is also referred to as the pilot. Except for steam switchers, practically every steamer has a cowcatcher.
