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Head-end cars
Mail, baggage, and express cars, so called because they were usually positioned just behind the locomotives of the passenger trains they moved in.
Head-end power (HEP) ...
Head-end cars: freight cars painted in the passenger car colors, and placed at the head of the train. These were normally boxcars and reefers.
Head-end Cars
Express, mail, and baggage cars, usually run at the front of a passenger train consist behind the locomotives.
Heisler ...
Head-End Cars - Any freight car which is coupled to the front of a passenger train.
Headshunt - A headshunt, or shunting neck, is a track running parallel with the main line, facing the yards.
 See also: Siding, Track, Locomotive, Yard, Switch
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