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pilot beam

noun

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  1. a transverse beam at the end of a locomotive which carries the pilot or cowcatcher.

    • To comply with restrictive clearances this T-1-a mounts pumps, headlight and bell on the pilot beam and carries a squared-off sandbox and a naked Coffin feedwater heater.
    • Pilot beams, however, the foremost cross-brace of the frame, continued to be made of wood until almost 1900.

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