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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

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

Texas-born daughter of a trainman on the Frisco line.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a ladder, and a failure, and a carrying of the ladder to another place by the aid of a trainman, who roared some advice as he stole a few moments for their service.

From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Clara Morris

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

His government detained 18 Rhodesian trainmen caught inside Mozambique's borders and seized a considerable amount of Rhodesian rolling stock as well as tons of tobacco, copper, chrome and asbestos awaiting shipment at Mozambican ports.

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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