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Pilot engine   /pˈaɪlət ˈɛndʒən/   Listen
Pilot engine

noun
1.
A locomotive that precedes a train to check the track.





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"Pilot engine" Quotes from Famous Books



... idea of putting that boy on a pilot engine to take all the dangers ahead of that particular train; but I had a good deal else to think of besides. From the minute the silk got into the McCloud yards, we posted double guards around. About twelve o'clock that night we held a council of war, which ended in our ...
— Golden Stories - A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers • Various
... the head of the 'Flying Gang'. 'Twas a chosen band that was kept at hand In case of an urgent need, Was it south or north we were started forth, And away at our utmost speed. If word reached town that a bridge was down, The imperious summons rang — 'Come out with the pilot engine sharp, And away with ...
— The Man from Snowy River • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson


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