trainman

Example Sentences

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Over the years Tuck both confirmed and denied reports that he had donned a trainman’s hat and waved a train out of the station while Nixon was speaking from its rear platform.

From Reuters

Inside were accommodations for the trainmen as well as three bays for trolley-car repairs.

From Seattle Times

“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

A trainman should, and does, depend more on his judgment than on any set of rules, and permits the rule to be stretched now and then to fit circumstances.

From Project Gutenberg

Up to that time it had been no sinecure, being a conductor or a trainman on the old Rome road.

From Project Gutenberg