signalman
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Tarr followed with “The Man From London,” which he and Krasznahorkai adapted from a novel by Georges Simenon, about a seaside railway signalman who confronts a moral quandary involving a murder mystery.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
Jacobs was 17 when he joined the Navy in November 1944, after D-Day, and became a Navy signalman.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
The newlyweds originally met on a train eight years ago, and Ms Anderson's father, who gave her away, was a railway signalman for 51 years.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024
The first lady was one of those kids; she’s the daughter of a Navy signalman.
From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023
The station of Santa Marta was so small that its only permanent staff was the station-master and a boy, the former being also signalman.
From Swift and Sure by Strang, Herbert
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