"trailing truck" meaning in English

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Noun

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

Inflected forms

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