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John Bull (locomotive)

	Philly NRHS - Railfan Pictures of the Week
		Rather, it was designed to deflect objects that were in the way, pushing them off to the side and preventing them from going under the wheels and possibly derailing the train.
		Cowcatchers went the way of the steam engine for the most part, but their relatives are still around and can be found in interesting places.
		However, being one half of a married pair, #131 has only one "cowcatcher" on the cab end of the power car, with the other on the cab end of the trailing car.
	www.trainweb.org /phillynrhs/RPOTW060101.html (601 words)

	Scientific American: Some space probes, such as Galileo, were deliberately aimed close to planets in order to increase ...
		If the locomotive is stopped, when you throw the ball at the cowcatcher at five miles per hour, it comes back at five miles per hour.
		From the frame of reference of the cowcatcher, the ball comes toward it at 30 + 5 = 35 miles per hour, and so it rebounds off at 35 miles per hour.
		It therefore returns toward you at the 35 miles per hour with respect to the cowcatcher plus the 30 miles per hour at which the cowcatcher is coming at you.
	www.sciam.com /print_version.cfm?articleID=0001B3B9-8D66-1C72-9EB7809EC588F2D7 (685 words)

	LSR Divisions Page
		Division 1 (also known as the “Cowcatcher Division”) covers 30 counties located in the North Texas area.This includes all counties within an area bordered by Hardeman county in the northwest, to Coleman and Brown counties in the South, to Cook and Johnson counties on the east.
		Cowcatcher Division of Lone Star Region purpose is to promote the greater fellowship of model railroading between model railroaders and to advance the hobby of model railroading wherever and whenever possible.
		The Cowcatcher Division supports those objectives through their participation in train shows where possible, individual operating sessions hosted by clubs or layout owners, and membership in the North Texas Council of Railroad Clubs.
	www.lonestarregion.com /div_1/division1.html (186 words)

	CowCatcher
		Notice (4.jan.2002): we have moved all CowCatcher projects to SourceForge.
		CowCatcher is an Open Source initiative aimed at providing authoring tools and a repository for Java training material.
		CowCatcher community-members are jointly authoring Java Courses using the HolyCow!
	www.justobjects.org /cowcatcher (201 words)

	Dickinson Cattle Co. Inc. > Home > Longhorn Info > Famous Cattle > cowcatch >
		COWCATCHER - Brought an early dimention of quality to the industry.
		Today through Cowcatcher's contribution and other related sires, the ton plus 60" has established a new mark.
		His most famous sons are Overwhelmer and Bail Jumper.
	www.texaslonghorn.net /longhorn_info/famous_cattle/index.cfm?con=cowcatch (109 words)

	Cowcatcher
		COWCATCHER - Brought an early dimention of quality to the industry.
		Today through Cowcatcher's contribution and other related sires, the ton plus 60" has established a new mark.
		His most famous sons are Overwhelmer and Bail Jumper.
	www.texaslonghorn.com /longhorn_info/famous_cattle/cowcatch.html (56 words)

	Boyertown Trolley Specifications, Page 5
		(b) This cowcatcher shall have the same contour from side to side as the bumper and wraps around the corners of both sides of the streetcar.
		The cowcatcher is to be finished in the same color as the trolley, to be approved by the customer.
		(c) The cowcatcher shall be made of 12 gauge x 1-1/4" O.D. steel tubing frame covered with 7 gauge heat treated alloy expanded steel with a 1 1/2" clear open diamond pattern.
	boyertown-trolley.com /specs5.html (1717 words)

	The Great Locomotive Switch - Moving Jupiter (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The cowcatcher is attached to the engine by four large bolts to the engine's pilot beam.
		Removing the heavy, oak cowcatcher safely required some wooden blocking placed under the front and back corners of the cowcatcher to hold its weight when the bolts were removed.
		The former is held to the headlight shelf by a few screws, and the latter is attached to the boiler's steam dome by a threaded pipe fitting.
	www.americanhistory.si.edu /collections/locomove/locomj3.htm (198 words)

	Clark Carr’s western trip — or, Never ride on a cowcatcher
		Carr and another young man were encouraged to take a seat on the "cowcatcher," the small platform at the very front of the locomotive, where they were guaranteed a pleasant ride with a great view.
		As he climbed off the cowcatcher Carr found Kellogg in a rage with Yates, who, under the influence of "artificial stimulants" (alcohol, no doubt), had bribed the engineer to go much faster than the usual slow speed.
		As Yates was called various names, "of which fool, idiot, lunatic, were among the mildest," by the irate Kellogg, the mischievous ex-governor claimed he had forgotten the two younger men riding on the front of the locomotive.
	www.historicgalesburg.com /carrwest.htm (1796 words)

	Cowcatcher
		"Cowcatcher" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time.
		"Cowcatcher" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English.
		"Cowcatcher" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cowcather.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/co/cowcatcher.html (400 words)

	* Cowcatcher - (Model railroad): Definition
		The engineer is another scarecrow wit ha jack o'lantern head.
		You can see the grimacing pumpkins atop the cowcatcher of this venerable Marx tinplate steam locomotive.
		Pilot - Structure at the front of a locomotive for sweeping tracks, often called a cowcatcher; also an additional locomotive coupled to the front of the train locomotive to provide assistance over a heavy graded section of line.
	en.mimi.hu /modelrailroad/cowcatcher.html (153 words)

	Reporter-Times.com - Word of the Day (print view) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Example sentence: For his entry in the town parade, John outfitted his fl truck with a cowcatcher and smoke stack to resemble a 19th-century locomotive.
		New Jersey's Camden and Amboy Railroad was the first in the U.S. to adopt the cowcatcher, adding it to its John Bull locomotive in the early 1830s.
		In the 1940s and '50s "cowcatcher" jumped the tracks and took on a new life in TV and radio advertising jargon.
	www.reporter-times.com /?module=displaystory&story_id=37165&format=print (190 words)

	flinch / cowcatcher [Archive] - Self-Defense Forums: For A Fighting Chance
		The cowcatcher is extremely strong in that it is counter-offensive, and protects the body areas well.
		The cowcatcher is extremely effective in the "interview" situation, where you may already have your hands up in a "defusing" fashion.
		The cowcatcher's body position (in my admittedly limited understanding) is powerfully braced, with the head caged between the biceps and the body well back from the BG, who is presumably slammed back on his heels by the double palm "strike".
	www.selfdefenseforums.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-8857.html (2243 words)

	Empire Type Foundry (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In addition to the obvious cowcatcher, if you look closely you can see windsheild wipers, and two turn signal systems.
		By pulling a chain or string inside the cab the flag on the outside would raise to indicate the anticipated turn or stop.
		One can only speculate at the need for a cowcatcher, as the area serviced by their mobile supply truck is reported to be a radius of but 150 miles in upstate New York.
	www.libby.org /~cowpower/empire.htm (526 words)

	Halfbakery: Pram Cowcatcher
		Shoppers: cattle, plump flesh obstacles, lolloping oblivious across your path.
		Your child's pram: a mighty iron steam engine, heavy with momentum, charging straight forward, trajectory inviolate, bovine consumers thrown left and right by the unyielding form of the pram's cowcatcher, the spanging and slamming of meat on metal prossibly submerged beneath the spastic handclaps and gleeful chuff chuff woo-wooing of your infant.
		They could have done with this in "Battleship Potemkin".
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Pram_20Cowcatcher (143 words)

	Borealis Recordings - Agnes on the Cowcatcher
		"Agnes on the Cowcatcher" is a rich and varied mosaic of 14 new original songs of pride, passion, mayhem, splendour, muscle, tears, lust, longing, nerve, wit, honour and passion.
		From rural Quebec to Alberta's Oldman River, from a forgotten Niagara Falls hero to a noble war-time gesture on Lake Ontario, from bitter reflection of a life wasted to the joy of a life just begun, the songs tell essential Canadian stories.
		Roll On Jamaica / Agnes on the Cowcatcher (5:48)
	www.borealisrecords.com /cd_agnes.html (187 words)

	Amazon.com: cowcatcher (Site not responding. Last check: )
		mangled mass jammed on the cowcatcher of the massive locomotive.
		I overmicrowave and the paper cowcatcher melds with the bun and...
		to be hooked on the cowcatcher of that streetcar." The streetcar...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=cowcatcher&tag=lexico&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1 (1070 words)

	Texas Longhorn Cattle for Sale - Quality AI Genetics from Quarterridge
		Her Dam has Tri W Ladies Man as a sire and then Cowcatcher as a Grand Sire.
		Cowcatcher was matched with one of the greatest cows of all time, Doherty 698, to produce Tri W Ladies Man. This is just the top of the pedigree.
		Tri W Man of Steel was sired by Cowcatcher and his Dam was Doherty 698.
	www.quarterridge-longhorns.com /heifers.php (208 words)

	SandHill.com \| Sales & Marketing \| How Reagan Would Sell Your Software
		Most people associate the term "cowcatcher" with the metal grill on the front of a locomotive.
		A great cowcatcher engages the mind, appeals to the imagination, and helps the presenter gain credibility.
		Following the cowcatcher, you need a "hook." Now that the listeners' interest is piqued, you need to hook them on why they should use your product.
	www.sandhill.com /opinion/editorial.php?id=108 (1203 words)

	John Bull
		Soon thereafter, the engine got its famous cowcatcher, whose real function was not to deflect livestock: A major alteration to the engine's basic design, the cowcatcher included a new pair of wheels to better keep the locomotive on the track.
		The cowcatcher, added in front of the new wheels, was more or less an afterthought.
		For 35 years, the faithful patriarch locomotive served the country in one capacity or another, retiring in 1866 at the end of the Civil War.
	www.150.si.edu /chap4/bull.htm (844 words)

	SB Lady Belle
		As a matter of fact, she goes back to Cowcatcher on both the top and bottom.
		She is nice correct cow, with beautiful markings and a very nice set of horns that are really growing.
		This is a nice young cow that would be a great building block for any herd.
	www.sblonghorns.com /SB%20Lady%20Belle.htm (90 words)

	Sound Bytes music review: Tanglefoot.
		Agnes on the Cowcatcher is billed as 100% Canadian Folk, which technically it is. It's definitely 100% Canadian.
		One pleasure of listening to Tanglefoot over the years is that each year the words and the music get better.
		This year's Agnes on the Cowcatcher is no exception, bringing the listener more of the same, but with greater polish and with the occasional surprise thrown in.
	communication.ca /soundbytes/archives/tanglefoot2.html (919 words)

	Tanglefoot : Agnes on the Cowcatcher CD (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lacks a little of the intensity of a live concert, but crank up the volume and sing along.
		'The Commodore's Compliments' (track 3) is a touching tale of human civility in a time of war and the title song, 'Roll On Jamaica/Agnes On The Cowcatcher' (track 10) has great vocals and terrific fiddle tune.
		The interesting and partially historic story and wonderful tune of 'Crashin' Down' (track 9) as well as the loud and fun 'Feu Follet' (track 2) make them both very listenable songs.
	www.point19.com /cd/B00006CJLW (410 words)

	cowcatcher - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		cowcatcher : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
		cowcatcher : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=cowcatcher&ls=a (157 words)

	MonkeyFilter \| The Cowcatcher
		Invented by Charles Babbage in 1838, the cowcatcher has prevented many derailments and has even helped recovering alcoholics.
		Although it has been known to catch the occasional guitarist.
		Archaically this was called a cowcatcher, and this is still the common layman's usage, but this term is deprecated and has not been used by railroad workers for more than a century."
	monkeyfilter.com /link.php/2902 (292 words)

	Tanglefoot, Agnes on the Cowcatcher (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Agnes on the Cowcatcher is the new CD from Canadian folk band Tanglefoot, and it's well worth the wait -- although I'm glad I didn't have to wait any longer than I did to get a copy.
		Everything you would expect from a Tanglefoot CD is here: songs that tell vivid stories, strong melodies and gorgeous vocals and harmonies, all of which demonstrate the versatility and range of the band.
		There are still six more songs, all just as good, and I haven't tired of the CD yet.
	www.rambles.net /tanglefoot_agnes02.html (464 words)

	Peaks of the Canadian Rockies
		At Laggan Station (Lake Louise) Lady Macdonald noticed the broad shining surface of the buffer-beam and cowcatcher at the front of the locomotive.
		She decided that this would be an exciting place to ride during the journey through the Kicking Horse Pass.
		I shall travel on this cowcatcher from summit to sea." At one point in the journey, Sir John A. joined her on the cowcatcher.
	www.rmbooks.com /Peakfinder/showpeakbyid.asp?MtnId=1387 (910 words)

	The Toy Train - Page 1
		Cut the cowcatcher when the upper, Mid and Lower Platform (A, B, and C) have been glued up.
		Cut the CowCatcher using a compound cut on your Table Saw - Set your MARK V Table tilt to 30-degrees and your Miter Gauge to 60-degrees.
		The back of the Drive Wheels (M) should be flush with the back of the Cab and the Truck Wheels (L) must not rub against the CowCatcher.
	www.shopsmithhandson.com /archives/sept_oct_02/html/major_project.htm (653 words)

	Sale Pen Bulls and Herd Sires (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Any one of these could be just the right ticket for expanding the genetics of your herd.
		His pedigree includes top names such as Zhivago, Overwhelmer, Senator, Cowcatcher and Classic, to name a few.
		He was calved in February of 2003 and can be ready for your pasture in only a few short months.
	users.htcomp.net /SLazyR/Bulls.html (399 words)

	Cowcatcher (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The word "cowcatcher" uses 10 letters: A C C C E H O R T W.
		Words within cowcatcher not shown as it has more than seven letters.
		List all words starting with cowcatcher, words containing cowcatcher or words ending with cowcatcher
	www.morewords.com /word/cowcatcher (154 words)

	Halfbakery: cowcatcher
		The fairing shape will save a small amount of fuel at higher speeds.
		You could make this more aerodynamic by having it be deflated most of the time, but inflate like a reverse airbag when the sensors on the front of the cowcatcher contacted anything of any size.
		Also, you can delete your first version of this idea, [sky].
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/cowcatcher (322 words)

	Longhorn Network: Barnard Longhorns, Tekamah, Nebraska
		Solid colored bull, so dark burgundy that he looks fl and does not have a white hair on him.
		His sire was the great Texas Cowcatcher and his Dam was one of the best cows we ever owned producing many champion heifers as she was herself.
		He is pictured in pasture condition as a 2 year old and has grown a lot and horns appear to be twisting one more time.
	www.longhornnetwork.com /barnard.html (465 words)

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