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Definition of Railroad man
1. Noun. An employee of a railroad.
Specialized synonyms: Brakeman, Signalman, Yardman, Train Dispatcher, Trainmaster, Yardmaster
Generic synonyms: Employee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railroad Man
Literary usage of Railroad man
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Thomas Curtis Clarke (1889)
"The Typical railroad man—On the Road and at Home—Raising the Moral Standard- ...
]|JHE typical railroad man " runs on the road; " he is not the one whose ..."
2. Sunshine and shadow in New York: By Matthew Hale Smith. (Burleigh.) by Matthew Hale Smith (1869)
"AS A railroad man. Turning from steamboats, Mr. Vanderbilt long ago became
interested in railroads. So great has been his success, that he can control the ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"asked one rival railroad man of another railroad man, during a dispute on business
they had on Austin Avenue yesterday. " No, Colonel, I don't mean to call ..."
4. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1922)
"Both principals were men who 25 Act II showed the railroad man accept- were known
to be hard to interview : the ing the President's invitation and arriv- ..."
5. The Chronicles of Baltimore: Being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town by John Thomas Scharf (1874)
"As a railroad man he had no superior on this continent, and his untimely death
leaves it a matter of speculation to what position he would have risen had ..."
6. The Chronicles of Baltimore: Being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town by John Thomas Scharf (1874)
"As a railroad man he had no superior on this continent, and his untimely death
leaves it a matter of speculation to what position he would have risen had ..."
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