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Noun Concept
Categories: Rail transport operations
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bank engine  Assisting engine  helper locomotive  assisting locomotive  banker
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A bank engine, banking engine, helper engine or pusher engine is a railway locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires additional power or traction to climb a gradient. Wikipedia
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A bank engine, banking engine, helper engine or pusher engine is a railway locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires additional power or traction to climb a gradient. Wikipedia
A railway locomotive attached to the rear of a train, usually to add haulage power over a short distance Wikipedia Disambiguation
Coupled to a train to temporarily provide extra power Wikipedia Disambiguation
Locomotive used to assist trains up steep inclines Wikidata
IS A
bank engine
railway traction vehicle
HAS KIND
bank engine
DIFFERENT FROM
distributed power
multiple-unit train control
double heading
FACET OF
rail transport operations
USE
Hillclimbing
traction
Wikipedia
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bank engine
Wikidata
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Assisting engine, helper locomotive (front of train)
Wikipedia Redirections
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assisting engine, banker (locomotive), Banker locomotive, banking engine, banking locomotive, helper district, helper engine, helper locomotive, helper service, pusher engine, pusher locomotive, pusher locomotives
Wikidata Alias
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assisting locomotive, bank engine, banker, banking engine, helper engine, pusher, pusher engine

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