engine driver

British

noun

a person who drives a railway locomotive; train driver

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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

Everyone at the pit top from the gateman to the engine driver greeted him as though he were a friend and brother.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2015

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

"There's no telegraphic office nearer than Dunadea," said the engine driver, "and that's seven miles along the railway and maybe nine if you go round by road."

From Lady Bountiful by Birmingham, George A.

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