engine hour

English

Noun

engine hour (plural engine hours)

  1. An hour of operation of an engine.
    • 1964 January, “The maintenance of B.R. diesel-electric locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 54:
      Locomotive care is based on a system of preventive maintenance on an engine-hour basis. The majority of locomotives are not yet fitted with engine-hour recorders and examinations are, therefore, based on a computation of the locomotive-hours in traffic.
    • 2023 November 29, “Last remaining DB Cargo Class 60s face final workings in December”, in RAIL, number 997, page 19:
      The remaining four locomotives in traffic […] are all expected to be stood down due to their high engine hours, as well as being due exams which the company is not prepared to undertake.
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