engine driver
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Pasquale wants to apply the brakes on a train that has not only left the station but no longer is under the control of the engine driver.
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2021
By 9 a.m., less than three hours later, a fire department engine driver miles away in Concow radioed to dispatch that he was trapped by the same, now exploding Camp fire, along with 20 civilians.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2018
He found work as a steam engine driver on the railways in Pontypool before the Beeching cuts, and later took a job at a Nylon factory before joining Sainsbury's.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2017
Here, Roy, whose grandfather was a famous engine driver out of King's Cross, got his first job at the abattoir.
From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2012
I turned to the engine driver, and pointed with my hand.
From The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War by Upward, Allen
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