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Definition of Switch engine
1. Noun. A locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard.
Generic synonyms: Engine, Locomotive, Locomotive Engine, Railway Locomotive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Switch Engine
Literary usage of Switch engine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The engineer, Harris, was ordered not to move his switch engine until work or
inspection required to be done underneath the cars was finished, ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1916)
"Q. You tell switch engine men that they have a right to run 25 miles an hour in
the yards! A. Yes, sir. Q. You tell them that t A. If they want to. ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"... in which service a switch engine was vised; tliat at the time of the injury
the engineer of the switch engine was one Bassett, who, it is alleged, ..."
4. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1897)
"He was clearing under a switch rod, stooping over at his work, with his back
toward a switch engine, which was approaching along the eame track upon which ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The engineer, Harris, was ordered not to move his switch engine until work or
inspection required to be done underneath the cars was finished, ..."
6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1916)
"Q. You tell switch engine men that they have a right to run 25 miles an hour in
the yards! A. Yes, sir. Q. You tell them that t A. If they want to. ..."
7. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"... in which service a switch engine was vised; tliat at the time of the injury
the engineer of the switch engine was one Bassett, who, it is alleged, ..."
8. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1897)
"He was clearing under a switch rod, stooping over at his work, with his back
toward a switch engine, which was approaching along the eame track upon which ..."
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