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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A locomotive specially designed to operate in the station- or terminal-yards of a railway for making up and distributing trains. Such locomotives must be capable of taking easily the sharp curves of switches and turnouts, and are often made without front trucks. They are heavy haulers, but are not adapted for high speeds on the line.
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