footplate

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English - Turkish
makinist platform
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English - English
The engineer's cab in any kind of train

Kit had fallen into conversation with a footplate man who was deadheading back out to Samarkand, where he lived with his wife and children.

The metal plate which forms the base platform of a steam locomotive, particularly in UK, which supports the boiler and the engineer's cab
{i} special platform or area where a worker stands while operating machinery
See Footboard (a)
the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls
The metal plate which forms the base platform of a steam locomotive, particularly in UK, which supports the boiler and the engineers cab
On a steam train, the footplate is the place where the driver and fireman stand. the place on a steam train where the driver stood
The engineers cab in any kind of train
footplate man
The engineer, or driver of a locomotive

Kit had fallen into conversation with a footplate man who was deadheading back out to Samarkand, where he lived with his wife and children.

footplate men
plural form of footplate man
footplate
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