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

Could be some old trainman, swinging an imaginary lantern in the night.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a ladder, and a failure, and a carrying of the ladder to another place by the aid of a trainman, who roared some advice as he stole a few moments for their service.

From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Morris, Clara