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Definition of Switcher
1. Noun. A person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip.
Definition of Switcher
1. Noun. (context: rail transport US) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a shunter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Switcher
1. one that switches [n -S] - See also: switches
Lexicographical Neighbors of Switcher
Literary usage of Switcher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Catalogue Descriptive of Simple and Compound Locomotives by Brooks Locomotive Works, Dunkirk, N.Y. (1899)
"207 4-Wheeled Saddle Tank switcher, . 205 Central Railroad of New Jersey 12-Wheeled,
... 6-Wheeled switcher, . . 185 Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad, . ..."
2. Modern Engineering Practice: Steam, Electricity, Mechanics by Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus, Ill American School (Chicago, American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1903)
"... Six-Wheeled switcher. The simplest form of locomotive having three pairs of
driving wheels is found in the six-wheeled switching locomotive, Fig. 25. ..."
3. TransactionsElectric engineering (1869)
"508-10 Atwell, CA Design Features of Generators for Diesel-Electric switcher
Locomotives 41-5; disc. 433 1943 1944 Part II 349-63; disc. ..."
4. A Catalogue Descriptive of Simple and Compound Locomotives by Brooks Locomotive Works, Dunkirk, N.Y. (1899)
"207 4-Wheeled Saddle Tank switcher, . 205 Central Railroad of New Jersey 12-Wheeled,
... 6-Wheeled switcher, . . 185 Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad, . ..."
5. Modern Engineering Practice: Steam, Electricity, Mechanics by Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus, Ill American School (Chicago, American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1903)
"... Six-Wheeled switcher. The simplest form of locomotive having three pairs of
driving wheels is found in the six-wheeled switching locomotive, Fig. 25. ..."
6. TransactionsElectric engineering (1869)
"508-10 Atwell, CA Design Features of Generators for Diesel-Electric switcher
Locomotives 41-5; disc. 433 1943 1944 Part II 349-63; disc. ..."
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