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footplate

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footplate
Chiefly Brit
a. a platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the crew stand to operate the controls
b. (as modifier): a footplate man
footplate
1. In wood-frame construction, a timber used to distribute concentrated loads, as a
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It's quite fitting I started out on steam trains and I am ending my extended career on the footplate of a steam engine.
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