trainman

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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

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

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2010

His nephew Mr. Steffes was a trainman at the rail yard.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2010

"You ought to hear the howls we get," says a New Haven trainman, "when the engineer brings the train in a few feet off the usual stopping place."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sharp jolts in series ran through the linked cars, a trainman beneath the window performed cryptic calisthenics with a lantern, one unseen uttered a prolonged, heart-rending howl, couplings clanked, the train gathered way.

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph