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switchman

NOUN
  1. a man who operates railroad switches

How To Use switchman In A Sentence

  • I left Holy Name High at the age of 14.1 worked nights on the railroad as a switchman. Norbert blei | in memoriam « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
  • Milk, Bruno!" called the switchman again, and he opened the door and out ran the dog. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South
  • Indiana Harbor Belt RR switchman, demonstrating signal with a 'fusee' - Jack Delano's Trains #2
  • It was not uncommon for a switchman to lose track of where all the trains in his charge were going, an alarming development that would send him lunging for his emergency whistle to let off a long blast. Colossus
  • Hello, Mrs. Black!" called the switchman in a jolly voice to his wife, who just then came to the side door to look out. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South
  • First to appear on camera was a Mr. Healey, who identified himself as a switchman at the Southern Pacific yard at Colton. Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's Final 'Attack Ad' Sparks Riots
  • Well, they're men of all classes," the switchman replied. Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's Final 'Attack Ad' Sparks Riots
  • One switchman handles both locomotives, that is he takes one out while the other is loading and so on.
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