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...
- 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...
- variation, the railway's switchman controlled the switch, and the lone individual to be sacrificed (or not) was the switchman's child. German philosopher...
- changes from the book, including the omission of the drunkard (tippler), switchman and merchant characters; the removal of a great deal of the narration...
- Criminals Social Worker Television film 1996 The Sentinel The Switchman Episode: "The Switchman" Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years Frances Phillips 2 episodes...
- 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...
- Vergie Winters Roscoe – a gossiper uncredited Murder in the Private Car Switchman uncredited Whom the Gods Destroy Clifford uncredited Death on the Diamond...
- 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...
- family from the village of Volkhonshino. He worked as a musician, railroad switchman, forest warden, head of a brothel, and as a housepainting contractor employing...