| 单词 | road foreman of engines |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad foreman of engines road foreman n. U.S. (in full road foreman of engines) a manager on a railroad who supervises and trains engineers. ΚΠ 1865 Ann. Rep. Pennsylvania Rail Road Co. 60 A wood shed and coal platform have been constructed at Snow Shoe Junction. Two dwelling houses have been built for road foremen. 1898 Engineering 16 66 A road foreman of engines, or traveling engineer, who rides upon engines and instructs the enginemen and firemen. 1959 Pop. Mech. Feb. 81/1 Bill Alberts, road foreman of engines, who was along to coach the engineer on this newest form of motive power. 2006 Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gaz. (Nexis) 4 Dec. He worked as an Engineer and Road Foreman for the railroad for 47 years until his retirement from Amtrak in 1988. < as lemmas |
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