rodman

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He started with the road as a rodman in 1901 after graduating from Trinity College, trod the traditional path of railroad promotion until 1926 when he was made vice president in charge of operations.

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Son of a railroad president, he went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, began railroading in 1868 as a rodman.

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After graduating from Purdue he went to work as a rodman for the I. C., rose steadily through the engineering department.

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Since President Thomson's time nearly every chief executive of the road has begun his career either as a rodman in the Pennsylvania engineering department or a mechanic in its shops.

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On account of his brilliant record for scholarship and skill with figures, Binney was made rodman, a position that far outranked Glen's and commanded twice his pay.

From Campmates A Story of the Plains by Munroe, Kirk