trainman
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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
His nephew Mr. Steffes was a trainman at the rail yard.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2010
Texas-born daughter of a trainman on the Frisco line.
From Time Magazine Archive
While we were talking, a trainman drew a dead chicken from between two bars of the cowcatcher, where its head was wedged.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 by Various
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
Until they got to know the trainmen, the two widows could scarcely have been more isolated.
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
