trainman

Example Sentences

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Kreichbaum, 24, was working as a trainman for the Cumberland Valley Railroad when he was drafted.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2018

Two defendants were employees: Gary Griffiths, a former trainman who had risen to the executive position of chief mechanical officer; and his trainman nephew, Cliff Steffes.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2011

How did these employees — a mechanical engineer and a trainman — know their company was on the block?

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2010

Borrowing a bicycle, a trainman pedaled to the nearest police station in Cheddington, and reached it an hour after the crime.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trainman slid the door open a foot or so as the train ground and jangled to a stand at the grade crossing with another railroad.

From The Real Man by Lynde, Francis