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
Jimmy worked in the Natal gold mines and as an engine driver and the family was not well-off.
From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2013
"It might be better for him," said the engine driver, "if he was to content himself with Finnabeg for this day at any rate."
From Lady Bountiful by Birmingham, George A.
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