cowcatcher
Sign in to saveAlso known as cow catcher, pilot, cattle guard, catcher
thumb|right|Cowcatcher of an American 1911 Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin [[steam locomotive at the Texas Transportation Museum]] thumb|Leading truck and cowcatcher on the John Bull (locomotive)|John Bull thumb|British Rail Class 153 with obstacle deflector, prominently seen in yellow. thumb|right|Lifeguard (circled) on a British British Rail Class 43 (HST)|HST powercar
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- Invention
- Design
- Modern cowcatchers
- Anti-climbers
- See also
- References
- Further reading
thumb|right|Cowcatcher of an American 1911 Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin [[steam locomotive at the Texas Transportation Museum]] thumb|Leading truck and cowcatcher on the John Bull (locomotive)|John Bull thumb|British Rail Class 153 with obstacle deflector, prominently seen in yellow. thumb|right|Lifeguard (circled) on a British British Rail Class 43 (HST)|HST powercar
A cowcatcher, also known as a pilot, is the device mounted at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles on the track that might otherwise damage or derail it or the train.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cowcatcher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.