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单词 single-driver
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single-driver

English

Noun

single-driver (plural single-drivers)

  1. (rail transport, Britain, obsolete) A steam locomotive with a single driving axle.
    Synonym: single
    • 1945 March and April, “Preserving Historic Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 64:
      A few such examples have been preserved, as is well known, such as one of the Stirling 8-ft. singles of the late Great Northern Railway, the Great Western 4-4-0 City of Truro, ex-Caledonian single-driver No. 123, the Brighton 0-4-2 Gladstone, and others.

Further reading

  • Stephenson's Rocket, a very early single-driver.
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