English Explanatory Dictionary

trailing truck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

trailing truck trailing trucks

Related words

leading truck trailing axle trailing wheel
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