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Steuerwagen
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Steuerwägen
German
Etymology
de steuern Wagen
Pronunciation
de /ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐˌvaːɡən/ [ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐˌvaːɡŋ̩]
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de Steu er wa gen
Noun
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de transportation railway control car, cab car, driving trailer a non-powered passenger car equipped with a driver's cab to operate a push-pull train from the front while being pushed by a locomotive at the rear
de Am Ende des Wendezuges befindet sich ein Steuerwagen, von dem aus der Lokführer die Lokomotive am anderen Zugende steuert. At the end of the push-pull train is a control car, from which the engine driver controls the locomotive at the other end of the train.
de Durch den Einsatz von Steuerwagen entfällt das zeitintensive Umsetzen der Lokomotive im Endbahnhof. The use of control cars eliminates the time-consuming repositioning of the locomotive at the terminal station.
Declension
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Coordinate terms
de Mittelwagen
de Sitzwagen
de Speisewagen
de Triebkopf
de Triebwagen
Related terms
de steuern
de Steuerung
de Wagen
de Wendezug
de Wendezugsteuerung
Further reading
de compound terms