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- noun Plural form of
shunter .
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Examples
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It must be like trainspotting in the good old days: a few crack mainline expresses amid a sea of shunters and tank engines.
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Ah, since they took the buffers off the trains, there's been less injuries wise, you know, for shunters.
SAFETY 2000
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The Tazara management statement faxed to Lusaka from the Mpika regional headquarters said the affected workers included traffic controllers, shunters and train examiners.
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Scores of passengers and goods have been stranded along the line due to the strike, which includes train examiners, controllers, shunters and drivers.
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Scores of passengers and goods are stranded along the line due to the strike which involves train examiners, controllers and shunters.
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"The shunters 'grievances are personnel related ... about salaries, overtime and other things," Ms Strydom said.
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Wits Metro Rail Services management will meet striking shunters on
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About 89 shunters stopped work on Wednesday afternoon.
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Strydom, said almost 90 per cent of shunters -- 89 out of 102 -- working at the Braamfontein, Geldenhuys and Benrose shunting yards had stopped work over a salary dispute.
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A meeting between the shunters and management is scheduled for noon on Thursday.
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