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Railroad man

noun

An employee of a railroad. Synonyms: railroader, railway man, railwayman, trainman.

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"Railroad man" Quotes from Famous Books

... that my husband was a drunkard. A railroad man with a good "job," able to earn a comfortable living for himself and me; he never for a day could be depended upon. Many a morning did he kiss me goodby, leaving me the impression that he had gone to his ...

— Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls - War on the White Slave Trade • Various

... on the threshold; I have looked into the Temple of Fame, but am not yet what I hope to be; but the truth is, I haven't written any books, as books, yet. It wounded me to say so, but truth is a jewel that I have resolved shall shine, like a railroad man's diamond, ...

— Phemie Frost's Experiences • Ann S. Stephens

... I was clinging to my glory. While I had on that old uniform, I was a soldier. When I laid it aside, I should become as Aaron Kallaberger and Arnold Arker. A year hence people would ask me if I had been a railroad man in ...

— The Soldier of the Valley • Nelson Lloyd

Words linked to "Railroad man" : yardmaster, yardman, employee, railway man, signalman, railwayman, brakeman, railroader, train dispatcher, trainmaster