Firemen were in practice often engineers-in-training, learning the skills of train operation and assisting the engineer with the observation of signals and other routine aspects of his job performance, waiting for a job opportunity for promotion.
It was the conductor, not the locomotive engineer, who was most comparable to the captain of a ship.
كان الكومساري وليس مهندس القاطرة أكثر من يُقارَن بقبطان السفينة.
كان الكومساري وليس مهندسة القاطرة أكثر من يُقارَن بقبطان السفينة.