pilot beam

Noun

 * 1)  a transverse beam at the end of a locomotive which carries the pilot or cowcatcher.
 * 2) * 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co. (photo caption):
 * "en"

- To comply with restrictive clearances this T-1-a mounts pumps, headlight and bell on the pilot beam and carries a squared-off sandbox and a naked Coffin feedwater heater.