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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rail transport, British) A railway locomotive used for shunting (switching)..
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.
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.
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; [...].
Use shunter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shunter means (rail transport, British) A railway locomotive used for shunting (switching)..
Common synonyms include shunting engine, switcher, switch engine, switchman.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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