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Originally Posted by Welsh Anorak
I suspect the American use of 'engineer' dates from the man who worked on the steam engines - in fact guards, as we (used to) call them are called engineers in America.
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I always thought that in USA railroad parlance, "the engineer" was actually the driver.
In the UK, "the guard" wasn't the driver, but was in overall charge of the train and travelled in the passenger area or the "guard's van".
Guards are known as "conductors" in the USA.