Light Engine
A locomotive travelling without any attached rolling stock, or with just a brake van in tow.
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LIGHT ENGINE"An engine moving outside the yard without cars attached
LIGHTNING SLINGER"Telegraph operator
LINER"Passenger train ...
Light Engine Move
Movement of engines from one location to another, as an Extra, to balance out power requirements between terminals, or serve as Emergency Power for a train that died, or serve as pushers returning from a push.
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Dead Heading US term for empty train or light engine running. Deadman A safety device, commonly known as 'the deadman's handle', fitted to master controllers to ensure driver attention during driving in single-manned cabs.
Light engine: A locomotive travelling without cars attached except perhaps a caboose (brake van).[37] ...
Back in 1989 Rickey Gates, the Engineer on the set of light engines ran a stop signal which triggered a massive fatal collision with an Amtrak train in Maryland. When he tested positive for drugs he proclaimed, "everybody is doing it.
Light Engine - Locomotive running without a train.
Limit of shunt - Board marking the point beyond which vehicles must not pass during shunting operations.
Lint - Surgical bandage useful in model railway scenic work, American Cast Gauge.
 See also: Track, Engine, Locomotive, Train, Point
  
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