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
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
A trainman flagged down the train half a block away.
From Time Magazine Archive
A trainman should, and does, depend more on his judgment than on any set of rules, and permits the rule to be stretched now and then to fit circumstances.
From The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer by Micheaux, Oscar
