coal pusher

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coal pusher (plural coal pushers)

  1. (rail transport) a device used to push coal forward in the tender of a steam locomotive.
    • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 71:
      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.

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