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switchman (ˈswɪtʃmən) [f. switch n. 3 a + man n.1] A man who works a switch or set of switches on a railway; a pointsman.1843 Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. VI. 23/1 General regulations for police, superintendent, inspectors, constables, switchmen and gatekeepers. 1898 Hamblen Gen. Manager's Story x. 137 ...
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Switchman
A switchman (North America) or pointsman (British Isles) is a rail transport worker whose original job was to operate various railway switches or points Today's American switchman often works as part of three-member switching crew consisting of a Locomotive Engineer, Foreman and Switchman.
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The Switchman
When the stranger asks the switchman how he knows all of this, the switchman replies that he is a retired switchman who visits train stations to reminisce Suddenly, a train approaches and the switchman begins to signal it. The switchman turns to tell the stranger that he is lucky.
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The Switch Tower
Walthall as The Switchman
Claire McDowell as The Switchman's Wife
Marion Emmons as The Switchman's Son
Lionel Barrymore as First Counterfeiter
Charles
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pointsman
pointsmann (pl -men) (Brit) (US `switchman) person in charge of railway points (铁路的)转辙工, 扳道工.
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James S. Mace
He eventually became a switchman and switch foreman on the Great Northern Railway and settled in Superior, Wisconsin.
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Dick Pellow
Pellow worked as a switchman for the Great Northern Railroad.
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David Moylan
Around 1905 he was a railroad switchman in Cleveland, Ohio when he was hit by a train and lost both arms.
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George E. Brennan
He had substituted for a switchman who was off on a post-payday drunk, at a coal mine in Braidwood, Illinois.
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Tom James (Wyoming politician)
Career
Prior to entering politics, James worked as a surface miner for Ciner Wyoming and a switchman for the Union Pacific Railroad.
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Nig Fuller
Furrer" (with a middle initial only) remained his legal name; the card listed his occupation as a railroad switchman, aged 40, married, and living in his
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The Train Wreckers
Porter showing how the daughter of a railway switchman and lover of a locomotive engineer is defeating outlaws trying to derail a train. Plot
The daughter of a switchman, after having wished good morning to her lover, a locomotive engineer, and brought her father his lunch, overhears a group
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Marşandiz train collision
A railway inspector, a train dispatcher and a switchman, who were responsible for directing the trains, were detained on suspicion of negligence. The dispatcher stated that he "ordered the switchman to put the high-speed train on track H1 as the locomotive was on track H2".
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Shota Malashkhia
After working as an electrician and a switchman in Tbilisi for years, Malashkhia enrolled into the Tbilisi State Medical Institute in 1983 and graduated
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