0 a strong metal frame attached to the front of a train that pushes objects off the track as the train moves forward --
Macdonald traveled with his wife, and to get a better view, the two would sometimes sit in front of the locomotive on the train's cowcatcher.
Sometime during the early 20th century the locomotive was converted from coal burning to oil burning and its wooden cowcatcher pilot was replaced with a steel pipe pilot.
Others are fitted with grilled cowcatcher.
He has a cowcatcher, and side plates covering his wheels.
The locomotive also received many new upgrades such as a new boiler, cowcatcher, domes, and smokestack.
The cowcatcher is an angled assembly designed to deflect animals and debris off of the railroad track in front of the locomotive.
In some countries it is also called cowcatcher or cattle catcher.
A deflective shield affixed to the front of a locomotive to protect its wheels from on-track debris; archaically called a cowcatcher. 2.
