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trailing truck

trailing truck noun: on a steam locomotive, a railroad truck to which wheel axles (and, hence, wheels) for one or more coupled pairs of unpowered wheels are attached through bearings, located behind the driving wheels.

Noun

trailing truck (plural trailing trucks)

  1. On a steam locomotive, a railroad truck to which wheel axles (and, hence, wheels) for one or more coupled pairs of unpowered wheels are attached through bearings, located behind the driving wheels.
    • After trying but not mass-producing a heavy Pacific and tabulating indifferent tests of a three-cylinder 4-8-2, Central was in a mood to explore the possibilities of four-wheel trailing trucks.1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 19

Forms of trailing truck

pluraltrailing trucks

Questions about trailing truck

What does trailing truck mean?
Trailing truck means on a steam locomotive, a railroad truck to which wheel axles (and, hence, wheels) for one or more coupled pairs of unpowered wheels are attached through bearings, located behind the driving wheels.
What part of speech is trailing truck?
Trailing truck is a noun.
What is the plural of trailing truck?
The plural of trailing truck is trailing trucks.

Words near trailing truck in the dictionary

  1. trailing s
  2. trailing spoke
  3. trailing spokes
  4. trailing spring
  5. trailing springs
  6. trailing truck
  7. trailing trucks
  8. trailing wheel
  9. trailing wheels
  10. trailingly
  11. trailings

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