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
On that fateful night a decade ago, locomotive engineer Thomas Harding of the Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway parked the train for the night in the nearby town of Nantes.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
In June, a locomotive engineer died of a heart attack after he put off a doctor's visit when his employer BNSF—a rail giant owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway—called him into work.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2022
A lead service attendant in a train diner makes up to $70,000, plus tips, while a locomotive engineer earns $100,800.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021
At that instant the locomotive engineer blew two warning whistles, so that the lagging passengers might get on the train, which was about to start.
From The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences by Webster, Frank V.
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