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engine driver

British  

noun

  1. a person who drives a railway locomotive; train driver

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

Under the circumstances a much weaker man than Sir James would have withstood the engine driver and resisted the invitation of Mrs. Mulcahy's hotel in Finnabeg.

From Lady Bountiful by Birmingham, George A.

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