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Pilot engines are used to check rail routes.
If the snow was less than deep, a pilot engine with a larger plough would precede the train.
They were used as pilot engines at large stations and on other light duties shared with the GWR Hawthorn Class.
Sinha said the pilot engine hit the passenger train from the rear, throwing two crowded cars off the rail track.
A turntable was available at Malton, but a pilot engine helped with the gradient on the Malton to Driffield Junction line.