Coal pusher

Coal pusher

A steam powered device fitted to some larger UK locomotives on the LMSR which was mounted at the rear of the tender coal space and which assisted with the forward movement of coal towards the cab where it could be reached by the fireman. It was controlled from the cab and acted by oscillating and thus vibrating the coal forward. Ordinarily, the fireman would have to go onto the tender to reach any coal which had not shaken forward as a result of the motion of the locomotive.

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