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trainman

[trayn-muhn] / ˈtreɪn mən /


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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

Two defendants were employees: Gary Griffiths, a former trainman who had risen to the executive position of chief mechanical officer; and his trainman nephew, Cliff Steffes.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2011

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

Hearing cheers that greeted Herbert Hoover's arrival at Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan, a woman pushed through the crowd to a trainman, asked: "Who is that man?"

From Time Magazine Archive

“I thought you were going through to Medicine Bend,” suggested Smith as the trainman disappeared.

From Whispering Smith by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth

Canadian Pacific Kansas City reached a new tentative agreement with the union representing its engineers and trainmen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

“Timid travelers may ask questions with no fear of being rebuffed by hurrying trainmen, or imposed upon by hotel runners, chauffeurs or others in blue uniforms,” a promotional brochure boasted.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2013

But on Thursday, the brought what very well could be be the first insider-trading lawsuit against a pair of trainmen.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2010

So last December his engineers and trainmen struck.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once when it was my turn at the air-hole, I saw in the moonlight trainmen carrying a length of twisted rail.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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