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Skipper The conductor Slack The motion, forward or back, that one or more cars, locomotives, or parts of a train has without moving other coupled cars, locomotives, or parts of the train.
Conductor; often called skipper. This title dates from Civil War days when some railroads were run by the Army and the conductor was in many cases a captain.
Car
An American term for carriage or wagon.
Big O, The brains, The skipper, Bake head
Engineer
Hog Head, Fog Eater, Hogger, Eagle eye, Speed gager, Throttle puller, Positive block ...
Therefore the prospective purchaser will be sure to find a number of local R/C skippers who will let him have a try at sailing their boats when asked.
Chinese cooks jabbered unintelligibly to him, sniffed down the cabin companionway, sniffed down the engine-room skylight and for the first time knew gasoline and engine oil; but sniff as he would, wherever he ran, no scent did he catch of Skipper.
 See also: Engine, Varnish, Truck, Tank, Switch
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