Concurrent to this order, Good forged a link with Irish Railways, which resulted in the latter building five shunters with Brush equipment, marking the inception of dieselisation in the country.
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Shunter
Synonyms for "shunter" (9 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(3 words)
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14 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- маневрен локомотив noun (a railway locomotive used for shunting)
- стрелочник noun (a person who carries out shunting operations)
Czech
2 entries- posunovací lokomotiva noun (a railway locomotive used for shunting)
- posunovač noun (a person who carries out shunting operations)
Finnish
1 entries- järjestelyveturi noun (a railway locomotive used for shunting)
French
1 entries- locotracteur noun (a railway locomotive used for shunting)
German
3 entries- Rangierdienstmitarbeiter noun (a person who carries out shunting operations)
- Rangierlokomotive noun (a railway locomotive used for shunting)
- Verschiebedienstmitarbeiter noun (a person who carries out shunting operations)
Hungarian
1 entries- tolatómozdony noun (a railway locomotive used for shunting)
Portuguese
2 entries- locomotiva manobreira noun (a railway locomotive used for shunting)
- locotrator noun (a railway locomotive used for shunting)
Romanian
1 entries- locotractor noun (a railway locomotive used for shunting)
Ukrainian
1 entries- маневровий локомотив noun (a railway locomotive used for shunting)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The electric locomotive is accompanied by a shunter who, in addition to his normal duties, flags the trains over the unprotected level crossings and opens the gates through which the line passes.
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The shunter has a lightweight portable radio transmitter by which, as he uncouples an incoming train into cuts for marshalling, he informs the Traffic Office of the number of wagons in each cut and its siding; [...].
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