running board

Definitions

1. A narrow board serving as a step beneath the doors of some cars.
2. A narrow footway above the driving wheels of some steam locomotives, and along the sides of some diesel locomotives.

Equivalents

Examples

“One of the "locomotors", a 72 h.p. machine for light⟳ yard shunting which can be driven by a shunter from the running board⟳. [A long step on the side just above rail level]”

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