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engine driver

British

noun

a person who drives a railway locomotive; train driver

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The strike was launched by the Sri Lanka Locomotive Operating Engineers Union, which includes engine drivers.

From Seattle Times

The head of the engine drivers’ union, Costas Genidounias, said an up-to-date traffic control system was supposed to have been ready three years ago.

From Seattle Times

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

Parks, a fire engine driver, was an 18-year veteran of the department.

From Seattle Times

His father was an engine driver while his mother ran a small grocery shop from the family home.

From BBC

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