Usually means: Locomotive used for assembling trains.
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  1. switch engine: Merriam-Webster
  2. switch engine: Vocabulary.com
  3. switch-engine: Wordnik
  4. switch engine: Wiktionary
  5. switch engine: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. switch engine: Dictionary.com
  7. Switch engine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. switch engine: Rhymezone
  9. switch engine: FreeDictionary.org
  10. switch engine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. switch engine: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. switch engine: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (switch engine)

noun:  A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
noun:  (cellular automata) A particular methuselah in Conway's Game of Life that temporarily exhibits glide reflection symmetry while leaving debris behind, allowing for the construction of spaceships, puffers, and rakes.

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