rodman

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In the future, however, don't forget that, though I may be a cub, I am an engineer, and you are a rodman.

From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

Messrs. Schuyler and McCarty, rodmen, went to his assistance, though only armed with small revolvers.

From The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad Its Projectors, Construction and History by W. F. Bailey

Trotter, one of the rodmen, is in camp today.

From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

The rest were going out into the field, some of them as engineers in embryo, the rest as chainmen and rodmen.

From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

Both the engineers and rodmen felt a trifle dazed.

From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

"You cubs better clear out of here now," suggested one of the rodmen.

From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock