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A US term for the front end lamps provided on many trains to denote the route or type of train. These lights were often colthe coded or arranged in special formats to distinguish between different trains. In the UK they were referred to as headlamp codes. Originally used to assist signalmen in identifying trains, they are not common today, having been replaced by automatic train description systems.