Who, What, Why: Why are US train drivers called engineers? - BBC News
"The Oxford English Dictionary cites this use in the UK in 1816 from the Asiatic Journal: 'A locomotive engine was exploded at Newcastle, and several people lost their lives, from the folly of the man (calling himself an engineer), locking down the safety-valve, that his machine might go off in style!'"
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