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Re: A Puzzle

November 24, 2019 10:54AM
Earl Wrote:
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> Dunno.... Engineers don't "drive" trains. They
> "run" them.
>
> But to hold down a job running a passenger job
> from ABQ to El Paso on the Santa Fe would require
> some good seniority....

They do in England and India, for example. The title is from British and Commonwealth English. Which raises a funny question: As Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Virginia are legally commonwealths, is the title of Train Driver used there?

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Later,, I got around to watching CBS This Morning's C&T Segment. In the video, there is a reference to "those who drive [the trains]"



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