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plural shunters
(rail transport, Britain) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher. quotations 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.
2021 June 30, David Clough, “Brush: a UK rail icon”, in RAIL, number 934, page 55
(rail transport, Britain) A person who carries out shunting operations. quotations examples
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; [...].
1960 June, “Talking of Trains: The new Margam yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 323
(finance, UK, historical) One who shunts (carries on arbitrage between London and provincial stock exchanges).