Usually means: Small auxiliary engine for starting.
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  1. pony engine: Merriam-Webster
  2. pony-engine, pony engine: Wordnik
  3. pony engine: Wiktionary
  4. Pony engine: Dictionary.com
  5. pony engine: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Pony engine: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (pony engine)

noun:  A small locomotive used for shunting wagons, etc.
noun:  (Canada, US, dated) A small gasoline engine serving as an auxiliary to a diesel engine (mainly in older designs from the 1930s to 1950s), providing heat to warm it up and, when engaged with a clutch, providing cranking to start it up.

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