switch engine

• Remplacer ou changer le moteur d'un véhicule, d'une machine ou d'un système, souvent utilisé littéralement en mécanique ou figurativement en informatique pour désigner le remplacement du composant de traitement principal.

To change or replace the engine of a vehicle, machine, or system, often used literally in mechanics or figuratively in computing to refer to changing a core processing component.

1. Railroad locomotiveC1formalamerican

   A small locomotive used for moving railroad cars within a rail yard, rather than for long-distance hauling.

   locomotrice de manœuvre

   • The switch engine moved the freight cars to the loading dock.
   • A diesel switch engine was idling on the tracks.
   • The yardmaster directed the switch engine to assemble the train.