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Switch engine   /swɪtʃ ˈɛndʒən/   Listen
Switch engine

noun
1.
A locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard.  Synonym: donkey engine.





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"Switch engine" Quotes from Famous Books



... team of mules passed down the street, dragging their double-trees reluctantly, and took their cursing meekly as they made the turn at the tracks. A switch engine bumped along the sidings, snaking ore-cars down to the bins and bunting them up to the chutes, but except for its bangings and clamor the town was still. An aged Mexican, armed with a long bunch of willow brush, swept idly at the sprinkled ...
— Rimrock Jones • Dane Coolidge


Words linked to "Switch engine" :   locomotive engine, engine, locomotive, railway locomotive


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