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3 unusual facts about railroad engineer


Locomotive engineer

Railroad engineer, a person who operates a locomotive, usually called an engine or train driver outside North America

Railroad engineer

Bernard Holden (UK), President of the firstpreserved standard gauge railway

Renzenberger, Inc.

The railroad workers are the train's engineer, and conductor, that are called a "crew," because both are needed to drive a train.


Eddie Carpenter

About 1945, he moved to Winnipeg, and in approximately 1954 he retired from his job as a locomotive engineer, having worked for the Canadian National Railways.

Edward Entwistle

Edward Entwistle, born 24 March 1815 in Tyldesley, Lancashire, was the first driver of a passenger train on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

Frank Berryman

Frank Horton Berryman was born in Geelong, Victoria, on 11 April 1894, the fourth of six children and the eldest of three sons of William Lee Berryman, a Victorian Railways engine driver, and his wife Annie Jane née Horton.

La Roue

Railroad engineer Sisif (Severin-Mars) rescues a small orphan, whose name he learns is Norma (Ivy Close), following a disastrous crash.


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Asa P. Robinson

He then became the chief railroad engineer for the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad.

Colchester, Ontario

Colchester was also the birthplace and hometown of railroad engineer and inventor Elijah McCoy, whose 45 patents and the invention of the locomotive lubrication cup led to the slogan "The real McCoy", denoting quality.

Glehn

Alfred de Glehn (1848–1936), French railroad engineer; brother of Louise Creighton, uncle of Oswald von Glehn and Wilfred de Glehn

Julius Walker Adams

Julius Walker Adams (18 October 1812 - 13 December 1899) was a United States civil engineer, military leader, and railroad engineer, who designed the Starrucca Viaduct.

N Judah

The N Judah is a Muni Metro light rail line in San Francisco, California, so named as it runs along Judah Street for much of its length, named after railroad engineer Theodore Judah.

Portage, New York

That same year the bridge was rebuilt in iron according to a design by the railroad engineer Octave Chanute, who later became a pioneer of aviation.

Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge

In May 1912, railroad engineer Jeme Tien Yow was made head of the Wuhan-Guangzhou railway association by the Beiyang Government.