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Drawbar   Listen
noun
Drawbar  n.  (Railroad)
(a)
An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
(b)
A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.






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"Drawbar" Quotes from Famous Books



... humble Corinthian goes to the only remaining crossing, he always gets there just in time to meet a long freight backing onto the siding. Nowhere in the whole place can one escape the screaming whistle, clanging bell, and crashing drawbar. Day and night the rumble of the heavy trains jars and disturbs the ...
— The Calling Of Dan Matthews • Harold Bell Wright

... are of flat iron plate bolted to the frame. The rear beam had been pushed in during an accident, and instead of its being replaced, another plate was riveted on and bent out in the opposite direction to form a pocket for the rear coupling pin. Note that there is no drawbar and that the coupler is merely bolted to the beams. Since the engine only pulled light trains, ...
— The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 • John H. White



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