Switch Engine (Noun)
Meaning
A locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- A switch engine sat idly on a siding in the railroad yard awaiting its next task.
- Switch engines played a crucial role in efficient operations within the busy rail yard.
- Operating in the yard, the old switch engine performed its tasks with wear and a rattle.
- The switch engine led the string of boxcars through the rail yard to be loaded onto a mainline train.
- Working through the night, the switch engine rearranged railcars for the morning's operations.