power car

noun

1

a

: a railroad car equipped with machinery for supplying heat and electricity to a train

b

: a railroad car having controls for operation alone or with other cars as a train

2

: a usually faired in structure supported from or suspended beneath the hull of an airship and carrying the engine or engines used for propulsion

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