- trains. An
early issue of the
American Switchmen's Magazine, in the
introduction to a
piece on long-serving
switchmen,
described the dangers: "The vocation...
-
laboratory and amu****t park
named ****ure Land. Its
deranged founders, the "
switchmen", have
prolonged their life by
using the stem
cells of babies, and used...
- The
Switchmen's Mutual Aid ****ociation of
North America (SMAA) was a 19th-century
fraternal benefit society and
trade union in the
United States of America...
- The
Switchmen's Union of
North America (SUNA) was a
labor union formed in
October 1894 that
represented the
track switch operators and
people who coupled...
- p****engers
speeding by.
Train signals announce departures and arrivals;
switchmen are
scattered around,
timing everyone's actions; and the
smoke and steam...
- five
blocks to a
local railroad yard.
Conductor William F.
Seebauer and
switchmen L.M.
Barnett and E.H.
Moran were
riding in the caboose,
backing their...
- century,
highlighted by the
Great Railroad Strike of 1877 and 1892
Buffalo switchmen's strike. At the
start of the 20th century,
Buffalo was the world's leading...
- The
Buffalo switchmen's strike was a two-w****
strike in
August 1892 by
railroad workers emplo**** by
three railroads in Buffalo, New York. The
strike collapsed...
- machinists, boilermakers,
sheet metal mechanics, fire builders, car men,
switchmen, and engineers, it
operated twenty-four
hours a day. One of the nation's...
-
operating crafts in the
railroad industry and
includes conductors, brakemen,
switchmen,
ground service personnel,
locomotive engineers,
hostlers and workers...
