Definition of Switchman. Meaning of Switchman. Synonyms of Switchman

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Definition of Switchman

Switchman
Switchman Switch"man, n.; pl. Switchmen. One who tends a switch on a railway.

Meaning of Switchman from wikipedia

- A switchman (North America) also known as pointsman (British Isles) or yardman (Commonwealth) is a rail transport worker whose original job was to operate...
- The Switchman (Original title: El Guardagujas) is an existentialist short story by Mexican writer Juan José Arreola. The short story was originally published...
- John H. Gibbons (April 15, 1869 – May 16, 1949) was an American railroad switchman and politician who served one term as mayor of Lackawanna, New York. He...
- as a switchman by the ICG on November 26, 1952, and was promoted to engine foreman on June 13, 1953, then to yardmaster around 1967. Switchman Gregory...
- Illinois Central Gulf freight train due to misaligned switches changed by a switchman shortly before the train p****ed them. 2 38 1987 Maryland train collision...
- office in California has changed partisan control. Bill Chambers, railroad switchman Douglas Hughes, retired business owner Ken Miller, former broadcast manager...
- 11, 1944) is a fourth generation railroader who began his career as a switchman/brakeman in 1963 for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in his hometown of...
- to Scottish parents Mary and James Rain. His father was a rail yard switchman and his mother was a nurse. His parents emigrated to Canada from Glasgow...
- changes from the book, including the omission of the drunkard (tippler), switchman and merchant characters; the removal of a great deal of the narration...
- variation, the railway's switchman controlled the switch, and the lone individual to be sacrificed (or not) was the switchman's child. German philosopher...