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Re:Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with techno... by penagwin on Monday June 03, 2019 @05:23PM (#20088955)
I'd go with SapporoChris's answer with Mechanical Engineer.

Locomotive Engineer's basically are the one in charge of operating the locomotive. What most people think of as a "Conductor" is actually a lower level job and is mostly paper work from what I hear.

Source: Close friend is a Locomotive Engineer in Canada.

Re:Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with techno... by cosmodisk on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:51AM (#20092531)
We call them train drivers in the UK. I think it's a bit too muchbto call them engineers...