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Meanings of shunter in inglés

ruso
маневровый локомотив
portugués
locotrator
español
locomotora de maniobras
catalán
locomotora de maniobres
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Small railroad locomotive intended for assembling trains.

locomotora de maniobras

Railway worker specialized in shunting.

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Usage of shunter in inglés
1
Limited proposals for a small-scale heritage railway, deploying the restored shunter, also seemed to be going nowhere.
The Guardian
2
This fair will also include a piece of old Irish railway memorabilia, a very large shunter's master key.
The Irish Times
3
A bright blue 1950s shunter, straight from the pages of Thomas the Tank Engine, sits next to a 1920s railway carriage used for storage.
The Guardian
4
Coupling under slow movement, the wagons being shunted together by two shunters.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887
5
Intelligent non-commissioned officers and men were converted into shunters, guards, and pointsmen.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
6
The little chimney of the van smokes, and I hear the voices of guards and shunters talking cheerily together.
The Upton Letters
7
'We'll get you there in time, sir, if we have to go clear through the shunters.
The Beetle: A Mystery