trainman
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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
That galaxy-spanning canvas springs directly from Green Lantern comics, which started in 1940 after a cartoonist named Martin Nodell saw a New York City subway trainman wave a green lantern as an all-clear signal.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2011
His nephew Mr. Steffes was a trainman at the rail yard.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2010
Texas-born daughter of a trainman on the Frisco line.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Well, this is a fine piece of business!” came angrily from the trainman.
From Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star by Burt L. Standish
Canadian Pacific Kansas City reached a new tentative agreement with the union representing its engineers and trainmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
“Timid travelers may ask questions with no fear of being rebuffed by hurrying trainmen, or imposed upon by hotel runners, chauffeurs or others in blue uniforms,” a promotional brochure boasted.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2013
But on Thursday, the brought what very well could be be the first insider-trading lawsuit against a pair of trainmen.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2010
The trainmen, who have refused to work overtime and Sundays for the past five weeks, walked out after the government threatened disciplinary pay cuts for men engaged in 'the job action.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once when it was my turn at the air-hole, I saw in the moonlight trainmen carrying a length of twisted rail.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
