signalman
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Tarr followed with “The Man From London,” which he and Krasznahorkai adapted from a novel by Georges Simenon, about a seaside railway signalman who confronts a moral quandary involving a murder mystery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
Jacobs was 17 when he joined the Navy in November 1944, after D-Day, and became a Navy signalman.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
The first lady was one of those kids; she’s the daughter of a Navy signalman.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
After the ship took him to the South Korean city of Busan, on the peninsula’s southern coast, he served as a signalman in the South’s army.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
They watch the signalman; he stands with one arm aloft, and they lower away until that arm falls suddenly by his side.
From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Stables, Gordon
The workers include locomotive engineers, machinists, electricians and signalmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
The Association of American Railroads trade group said in a statement that the new dispatcher and signalmen rules aren’t likely to make a significant improvement in safety because the railroads already train their employees.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
And signalmen who maintain signals and warnings at rail crossings have bigger territories to cover, making it harder to keep up with preventative maintenance.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
While the signalmen responsible for the crash at Quintinshill were both jailed, they served just over a year in prison and were reemployed in the railways after their release.
From BBC ● May 23, 2015
As the invasion neared, there had been a sudden rash of injuries to signalmen.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
