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
As Head of the Ministry of Strikes he naturally had great experience, but he had never before heard of a solitary engine driver going on strike in the middle of a bog.
From Lady Bountiful by Birmingham, George A.
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