Translations for „cowcatcher“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈcow·catch·er N Am RAIL

cowcatcher

Schienenräumer m

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English

The locomotive also received many new upgrades such as a new boiler, cowcatcher, domes, and smokestack.

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A steel pipe or boiler tube pilot replaced the original wooden type of cowcatcher.

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A deflective shield affixed to the front of a locomotive to protect its wheels from on-track debris; archaically called a cowcatcher. 2.

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It's in his or her best interests to have me as the cowcatcher on the front of the locomotive.

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Sometime during the early 20th century the locomotive was converted from coal burning to oil burning and its wooden cowcatcher pilot was replaced with a steel pipe pilot.

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He has a cowcatcher, and side plates covering his wheels.

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Why not put a sort of cowcatcher in front that would squish space in one direction and stretch it out radially to push aside all those particles?

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Others are fitted with grilled cowcatcher.

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The crest shows a train with a cowcatcher rolling past a windswept tree and a sailing ship.

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