Definition of Train dispatcher

1. Noun. A railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Train Dispatcher

trailing points
trailing truck
trailing wheel
trailing windmills
trailingly
trailless
trails
trailside
train
train-bearer
train-bearers
train-of-four stimulus
train-wreck
train bottle
train depot
train dispatcher (current term)
train fare
train of thinking
train of thought
train of thoughts
train oil
train set
train spotter
train spotting
train station
train stations
train surf
train surfing
train ticket
train track

Literary usage of Train dispatcher

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"Defendant Introduced one O. Lane, who testified that be was employed by the defendant road as train dispatcher on 19th October, 1902; that It was his duty ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1903)
"The citations hold that the train-dispatcher is a vice- principal, ... The special orders in the first instance are transmitted by the train-dispatcher. ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"It is on the single-track road that the train-dispatcher's functions are at ... The train-dispatcher must have before him a perfect mental map of the road ..."

4. Railroad Freight Transportation by Leonor Fresnel Loree (1922)
"train dispatcher.—The train dispatcher holds a most important position as respects safety of life and property. He perhaps may do more than any other ..."

5. Railway Engineer by Railway Division (1908)
"It is not our intention to suggest that the train dispatcher should be introduced into this country l'or controlling the movements on single lines, ..."

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