Meanings
plural single-drivers
- UKobsoleterail transportA steam locomotive with a single driving axle.
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.
1945 March and April, “Preserving Historic Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 64Synonyms: single
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA steam locomotive with a single driving axle.
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