shunter

English Thesaurus

1. a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	engine, locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive,
definition	:	a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	shunt,
definition	:	transfer to another track, of trains (verb.motion)

derivation	:	shunt,
definition	:	transfer to another track, of trains (verb.motion)