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

How did these employees — a mechanical engineer and a trainman — know their company was on the block?

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2010

John Pelley, like a spry trainman who runs ahead to see that all is clear, is giving the pink cloud the highball.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the train pulled in the trainman asked me where I was going and I said I was going to Seattle.

From The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Smith, Walker C.