Sandbox

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What Wikipedia says

A sandbox is a container on most locomotives, multiple units and trams that holds sand, which is dropped on the rail in front of the driving wheels in wet and slippery conditions and on steep grades to improve traction.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Sandbox (locomotive)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: Les Chatfield from Brighton, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.