"Locomotive engineer" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Midland Great Western Railway, George William Greene, and Martin Atock, the locomotive engineer, were good fellows, and warm friends of each other. I became and remained the sincere friend of both until death took them hence. My principal assistant, called Assistant Manager, was John P. Hornsby, ...
— Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland • Joseph Tatlow
... AN ENGINEER.—Containing full instructions how to proceed in order to become a locomotive engineer; also directions for building a model locomotive; together with a full description of ...
— The Bradys Beyond Their Depth - The Great Swamp Mystery • Anonymous
... and the actor knows that a false grip will result in questionable consequences, the habitual movement will be made instinctively. The soldier will properly carry out his obligations of service, the coachman drive home, unharness, and look after the horses, even the locomotive engineer will complete his difficult task without a break—then, however, they fall and sleep their drunkenness off. Now, if something intervenes unexpectedly during the performance of this ha- bitual activity, especially some opposition, some superfluous cajolement, correction, or similar thing, the ...
— Robin Hood • J. Walker McSpadden |
