Meaning of Shunter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A railway locomotive used for shunting (switching).
   British
2. A person who carries out shunting operations.
   British
3. One who shunts (carries on arbitrage between London and provincial stock exchanges).
   UK, historical

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Examples

“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; [...].”

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