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==Modern cowcatchers== Most modern [[Europe]]an rail vehicles must have cowcatchers with a [[snowplow|snowplough]] function and rail guards. The required strength of the system is {{convert|30|kN|lbf|abbr=on}} in the middle of the track and {{convert|50|kN|lbf|abbr=on}} near the rails.<ref>{{cite web |title=§ 41 Bahnräumer und Schienenräumer |url=http://www.buzer.de/gesetz/5894/a81357.htm |work=Verordnung über den Bau und Betrieb der Straßenbahnen (Straßenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung - [[BOStrab]]). |language = de |date=2008-11-07 |access-date=2009-03-29}}</ref> Modern US [[diesel locomotive]]s have flatter, less wedge-shaped cowcatchers, because a diesel locomotive has the cab near the front, and the crew are vulnerable to impact from obstacles pushed up by the cowcatcher.
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