| 单词 | banker engine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbanker engine 5. A second railway engine providing additional power to a train travelling up an incline; = banking engine n. at banking n.1 Compounds. Also more fully banker engine. Cf. bank engine n. at bank n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > to assist in climbing steep slopes bank engine1835 banking engine1838 pilot engine1839 banker1852 bank1866 roof garden1932 1852 F. S. Williams Our Iron Roads xi. 254 The ‘banker’ ran on for some distance a-head, and then, gradually slackening its speed, a ‘mutual attachment’ was effected in the most satisfactory manner. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 3 Dec. 7/2 A ‘banker’ engine had been fixed to the rear of the mineral train to help to take the load up a steep incline. After going some 300 yards the ‘banker’ was cast off. 2007 Review (Rio Tinto) Dec. 16/2 Today the Rio Tinto Railway requires just two towing locomotives, plus a rear end shove from several ‘bankers’. < as lemmas |
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