trainman
Example Sentences
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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
His nephew Mr. Steffes was a trainman at the rail yard.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2010
Could be some old trainman, swinging an imaginary lantern in the night.
From Time Magazine Archive
By way of illustration, I will give a résumé of conversations that I had respectively with a detective, a tramp, and a trainman that I encountered on the property.
From Notes of an Itinerant Policeman by Flynt, Josiah
