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

How did these employees — a mechanical engineer and a trainman — know their company was on the block?

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2010

A trainman got them a ride southward to Pusan the next day.

From Time Magazine Archive

"And it's a priest he's cryin' for, sir," groaned the trainman, as he came up to the Monsignor.

From The Art of Disappearing by Smith, John Talbot