maiden run

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English

Noun

maiden run (plural maiden runs)

  1. (rail transport, of a locomotive, train, etc.) Its first trip in service, in some cases after a rebuild.
    • 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160:
      On February 17, 1956, the first one, No. 35018, left Eastleigh on its maiden run with a Bournemouth stopping train.