Lexicographical Neighbors of Trackwalkers
Literary usage of Trackwalkers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1908)
"Some railways employ trackwalkers only at certain seasons of the year, ...
Other roads do not employ regular trackwalkers, but send a man over each section ..."
2. American Railway Accounting: A Commentary by Henry Carter Adams (1918)
"Oil and wicks for lanterns used by trackwalkers, track watchmen, and roadway and
track repair men. Oil and wicks for lighting tool and other section houses. ..."
3. The Technical World Magazine (1912)
"WATCHMEN OF THE TRACKS In the New York subway trackwalkers work in ten hour shifts.
They patrol their dark, draughty beats, lantern in hand, and when they ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"Indeed, in thus making self- protection the substantial safeguard of trackwalkers
and section men, the law is reasonable and just, for no other dependable ..."
5. The Science of Railways ...: With Illustrations of the Inception, Growth and by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1894)
"trackwalkers ou WATCHMEN.—The number required depends on location. ... trackwalkers
should report all defects or obstructions of the track to the foreman; ..."
6. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1897)
"The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry., and some other railways, only employ
trackwalkers at certain seasons of the year when it is made necessary by reason ..."
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