coal pusher

noun

a device used to push coal forward in the tender of a steam locomotive.

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Meanings

nouncoal pusher (plural coal pushers)

plural coal pushers

  1. rail transporta device used to push coal forward in the tender of a steam locomotive.

    The M-1's had roller bearings on all axles, high-speed Franklin boosters, steam lines, tender coal pushers - all the gadgets one could ask.

    1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 71
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