But, tell me, were there no women in your day who were machinists, farmers, engineers, carpenters, iron workers, builders, engine drivers, or members of the other great crafts?
She was talking in a low voice to the engine driver and stoker of our train.
The engine driver stands on the right-hand side, in the middle of the motor, where he has command of all the appliances for regulating the movements of the engine as well as of the brake.
The engineer had become tired of the boastful talk he heard from the other engine drivers at his boarding-house.
They met about half-way, and the engine driver, whose career had not taught him a proper reverence for red tabs, blew his whistle and carried on.
It is unimportant how many witnesses may swear, that an engine driver, of competent skill, can always regulate the exact amount of steam to let on.
It is brought home to them, too, for example, in the case of the engine driver.
That is all that an engine driver receives, very often after 40 years on the railways.