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signalman

[sig-nl-muhn] / ˈsɪg nl mən /


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“I was choked up,” said Matthew Di Gioia, 25, who works as an Amtrak signalman.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

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 newlyweds originally met on a train eight years ago, and Ms Anderson's father, who gave her away, was a railway signalman for 51 years.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2024

A signalman, holding the halyard in his hand, awaited a glance from the Captain.

From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

The five unions represent around 3,500 workers that include locomotive engineers, machinists, electricians and signalmen.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 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




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