"leading truck" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leading trucks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} leading truck (plural leading 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 in front of the driving wheels. Wikipedia link: leading truck Categories (topical): Rail transportation Related terms: leading axle, leading wheel, trailing truck

Inflected forms

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