Pump trolley

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar.

    "The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates."

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handcarhandcars

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"The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates."

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