locomotive engineer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of locomotive engineer
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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At every stop of its coast-to-coast tour, grown men are welling up, said Ed Dickens, Union Pacific’s chief locomotive engineer for Big Boy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
A locomotive engineer and conductor were being treated for injuries after the southbound train derailed following the accident.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2023
Not since Denzel Washington starred in the 2010 thriller Unstoppable as a locomotive engineer who gains control of a runaway freight train, has there been such a daunting assignment.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2022
“My father was a locomotive engineer on a railroad and my mother was a housewife,” Belanger says.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2019
A locomotive engineer makes a run for a hill in order that the momentum of his train will help carry him over.
From Rough and Tumble Engineering by Maggard, James H.
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