engine driver
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English
Noun
engine driver (plural engine drivers)
- (British, dated) The person who drives the engine of a train.
- Synonyms: (US) engineer, railroad engineer, locomotive engineer, train driver, train operator
- 1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 62:
- Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive department of the London & North Western Railway.
- 2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 35:
- In 1914, the Hendon and Finchley Times published a piece titled 'People who have no Christmas'. An engine-driver's comment was this: "For many years now I have never enjoyed a real Christmas. My engine has claimed me on this day, and my only regret is that I am not attached to a slow goods train, so that I could snatch time to eat some plum-pudding."
Translations
person who drives the engine of a train — see also engineer
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