| 单词 | switch engine |
| 例句 | "I might as well been pleadin' with a switch engine," he went on. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard a switch engine in the Southern Pacific yards discharging steam in shrill dry spurts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s similar to the way Union Pacific Railroad controls switch engines in its rail yards, he said. Iowa club takes charge of layout at railroad museum 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Dozens of signs next to the busiest main roads into London instruct drivers to switch engines off when stationary to reduce emissions. London mayor issues air pollution alert for 1st time 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z VW admitted last September that 482,000 of its diesel vehicles in the US were fitted with defeat device software to switch engines to a cleaner mode while they were being tested. VW failure to compensate UK owners 'deeply unfair' - BBC News 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Most of the company’s 1,100 employees operate locomotives called switch engines. Atlanta-based company sells locomotives abroad for 1st time 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Earlier, Volkswagen disclosed that some 11 million of its diesel vehicles worldwide were fitted with software programmed to switch engines to a cleaner mode during official emissions testing. The Latest: VW CEO again apologizes as emissions scandal goes global, grows to 11 million cars 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z "BNSF has continued to install cleaner diesel technology on numerous vehicles, including shuttle trucks, container cranes and switch engines," Amy Casas, a company spokeswoman, said in an email response to questions. EPA finds rail yards transfer pollutants as well as freight 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z In starting to give a switch engine the siding, Ralph found the lever would not budge. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z Ike went to the bench, picked up the grease pail, and climbed to the cabin of the other switch engine. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z I noticed the switch engine was getting ready to drag the trainload of molten metal to the Bessemer. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z The following are a few such cases: Philip Elder, car cleaner, injured at Armstrong, July 5; caused by train being moved by switch engine while he was on the ladder filling the water cooler. Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention 2012-02-02T03:04:35.040Z Immediately the car door was closed, and a few moments later a switch engine hooked onto the car and soon it was coupled to a long train. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls' Vacation Adventures Shirley Willing to the Rescue 2011-09-05T02:00:22.290Z Knight set the lever for a lazy switch engine taking a siding, sent the noon accommodation on her way, closed the switches after her, and gave attention to Ralph. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z She knew that the fitful bell of the switch engine and the rumble of wheels symbolized the very practical life of this restless region in which she had been born. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Parallel to the car line ran a railway track, quite unguarded from the street proper, along which switch engines with freight cars smoked and clanged. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z M. A. Graves, while crossing the tracks at 9th Avenue and Wilbert street, Ontario, May 8, was struck by switch engine. Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention 2012-02-02T03:04:35.040Z Far up the track a switch engine was lifted bodily from the rails and hurled backwards. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z It was a critical situation, for at one o'clock it seemed as if every switch engine in the service started up simultaneously. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z "Are you hurted, Bill, lad?" said the engineer of the switch engine, rubbing his bruised sides and letting up for a minute his pull on the whistle rope. Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 The throng grew denser as he neared the white rod gates that were lowered to close the crossing with every sign of coming train or switch engine. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 From a switch engine behind the car a shrill cloud of steam billowed 261 into the air. Whispering Smith Others were trucking the ore to the furnaces, while a swarm of little switch engines panted and puffed back and forth over the network of steel rails. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts The young engineer had gotten him a job “subbing” as a helper on a yards switch engine. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer The shrieking of the switch engine was warning No. 44 in time. Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 Perhaps a switch engine cutting out ore empties. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity One night in that yard"—he pointed to the window—"I stood between the rails with a switch engine running me down. The Daughter of a Magnate A switch engine letting off steam drowned the last words, and there was no applause. Flamsted quarries The switch engine promptly responded and one whistle after another joined in until every engine in the yard was blowing as Ben had declared Tenison expected the band itself to blow. Laramie Holds the Range A great white eye and the tinkling of the rails told that the little switch engine would strike the obstruction first. Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 A switch engine was bringing up a coach to attach it to the rear of the train. Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol Long lines of freight cars filled the trackage, and overloaded switch engines struggled with ever-growing burdens to avert the inevitable blockade of the night. The Daughter of a Magnate The "yelp" of the ice man, the snort of a six o'clock switch engine and the "cackle" of a laundry wagon formed for him a pleasant morning symphony. A Daughter of the Middle Border I have acted as yard master, and manager of the switch engine and had charge of the local freight department. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 The head-light of the switch engine had gone out in the jar, and there was not a face shown in the dim rays from the lantern that did not pale. Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 I saw a shower of sparks just then that looked as if they came from a switch engine. Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol She could see smoke from the hurrying switch engines whirled viciously up into the sweeping night and above her head the wind screamed. The Daughter of a Magnate I mobilized our entire working force, had them sworn in as deputy sheriffs, and kept three switch engines moving up and down the line. Shorty McCabe on the Job Faintly a locomotive whistled, as the switch engine from Tabernacle clanked to the mills for the make-up of its daily stub-train of lumber cars. The White Desert A switch engine bumped along the sidings, snaking ore-cars down to the bins and bunting them up to the chutes, but except for its bangings and clamor the town was still. Rimrock Jones The switch engine was busily at work making up the train, and brakemen were signalling up and down the line. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila Stumbling ahead, the big car-tink, facing the storm, led me to where between the red and the green lamps a dozen men hovered close to the gangway of a switch engine. The Daughter of a Magnate She was going cross there to Fisher Body and the switch engine struck her head. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Around a far bend in Dexter Allison's single spur track there came careening an ashmatic switch engine with a half-dozen empty flats in tow. Then I'll Come Back to You He paused while a switch engine clanged by and the crowd surged out of the depot, and ebbed back again into their seats. A Certain Rich Man He was a railroad engineer who drove a switch engine in the yards. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative He moved forward through the mud, searching the semi-darkness for the switch engine. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West In addition, the company was informed that it must supply itself with a switch engine to do the switching of the cars from its mine to the main track, at an additional cost of $4000. A History of Trade Unionism in the United States Busy little switch engines began chugging about the yards; the railroad, at least, was exhibiting some signs of life. Truxton King A Story of Graustark Just get onto that house; it looks like a mission-style switch engine. The Rules of the Game Green River City proved to be a busy little place noisy with switch engines, crowded with cattle-men and cowboys, and with hunting parties outfitting for the Jackson Hole country. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico A train had just come into the yards and there were switch engines puffing here and there—I was apprehensive that one of their headlights would pick me up. Midnight One night he played hide-and-seek with a switch engine and got his sodden brains knocked out. The Song of the Lark Everett had scarcely noticed her, when the switch engine came puffing up from the opposite direction, and the headlight threw a strong glare of light on his face. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories Jawn knew that he deserved something better than a switch engine in the division yards, he knew that he was the best engineer on the road, but he had steeled himself against hope. The Short Line War But on the extreme edge of town, where the wagon road runs closest to the railroad track, a passing switch engine proved too much for the excited team. The Winning of Barbara Worth To the right of the long, rambling structure he could see the occasional glare of switch engines and track-walkers' lanterns in the railroad yards. Midnight They heard the switch engines puffing in the railroad yards, and the rumbling thunder of the Seventh Street local slowing down in its run from the Mole to stop at West Oakland station. The Valley of the Moon On the same Wednesday morning Jawn Donohue was oiling the old switch engine preparatory to making up a train of coal cars. The Short Line War The agent darted forward, keeping out of the heavy sand by bounding along the irregularly laid ties, and in a moment he was climbing into the cab of the switch engine. The Short Line War |
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