pump trolley

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pump trolley

noun pump trolleys · pump-trolley

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.
Similar: handcar, jigger, Kalamazoo, pump car

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@misc{pump_trolley_2026,
  title = {pump trolley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pump%20trolley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}