(rail, dated, British) An employee who cleans railway locomotives, especially steam locomotives in the days of steam.
(rail, dated, British) An employee who cleans railway locomotives, especially steam locomotives in the days of steam.
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(British, dated) The person who drives the engine of a train.
(by extension, US) A railway worker employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine; especially, a yard jockey.
(rail, UK) The person in charge of an engine shed (or locomotive shed).
(especially, British) A steam locomotive.
(Australia, informal) A cleaner-upper; a person responsible for cleaning or tidying up.