locomotive engineer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of locomotive engineer
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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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
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
Goelz said other factors, such as the alertness of the locomotive engineer, could turn out to be more important.
From Reuters • Sep. 30, 2016
The locomotive engineer discovered the unset switch in time to stop.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen
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