Switch′ing-en′--gine.
A yard-engine, or donkey-engine, used about a station or depot for making up trains or moving engines which have not steam up. In Europe, tank-engines are commonly used, rendering unnecessary the tender which carries the water and fuel for the longer journeys of the usual locomotive duty. The European locomotive-engines for switching purposes have box frames made of wroughtiron plates made watertight, and used to carry the water required by the engine. See tank-locomotive.Switch-lantern. |