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Definition of pony truck

pony truck
Bissell truck Bis"sell truck A truck for railroad rolling stock, consisting of two ordinary axle boxes sliding in guides attached to a triangular frame; -- called also pony truck.
Pony truck
Pony Po"ny, n.; pl. Ponies. [Written also poney.] [Gael. ponaidh.] 1. A small horse. 2. Twenty-five pounds sterling. [Slang, Eng.] 3. A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib. [College Cant] 4. A small glass of beer. [Slang] Pony chaise, a light, low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair of ponies. Pony engine, a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. [U.S.] Pony truck (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. Pony truss (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used.

Meaning of pony truck from wikipedia

- A Bissell or Bissel truck (also Bissel bogie or pony truck) is a single-axle bogie which pivots towards the centre of a steam locomotive to enable it to...
- Flexicoil trucks. On a steam locomotive, the leading and trailing wheels may be mounted on bogies like Bissel trucks (also known as pony trucks). Articulated...
- The Hyundai Pony (Hangul: 현대 포니), is a small automobile produced by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai from 1975 until 1990. The Pony was South Korea's...
- has an additional non-powered axle in an integral pony truck to spread the load. As the pony truck is articulated within the bogie, the arrangement is...
- working in 1843). The ECR was the first railway company to use a two-wheel pony truck, in 1859, using the design of American inventor Levi Bissell. This innovation...
- and along the boiler tubes (28).: 32  Pilot truck, Pony truck (US+) Leading bogie / Lead truck / Bissel truck (UK+) Wheels at the front of the locomotive: 62 ...
- Castings had a design on paper for a 1Co bogie, a Co bogie with an integral pony truck, which could be utilised by either Alco or GE and which would enable the...
- wear and tear reduced on wheel flanges and rails. The bogie is a type of pony truck and was named after the locomotive firm of Krauss and the engineer, Richard...
- simulation determined optimal coupled wheelset clearances and design of a pony truck with side-spring control. The original P2 cylinder diameter of 21 inches...
- experimental version of the class, having an extended running board and front pony truck. The experiment failed and he was soon bought by Sir Topham Hatt. Lancashire...