brakeman
Americannoun
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brakemen
plural
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a railroad worker who assists the conductor in the operation of a train.
noun
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a crew member of a goods or passenger train. His duties include controlling auxiliary braking power and inspecting the train
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the person at the back of a two- or four-man bobsleigh, who operates the brake
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“It’s terrifying. You’re going super, super fast. As a brakeman you can’t see what’s going on because your head is down,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
Mr. Andre initially found it so difficult to support himself that he worked as a freight brakeman and conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad in New Jersey.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Helping the four-tonne carriage to make the journey will be Martin Oates, who will be the carriage's brakeman on coronation day.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2023
Teaming with brakeman Kaysha Love, Humphries is fifth at the midway point in 2:03.38 — nearly six-tenths of a second away from what currently is the bronze position.
From Fox News ● Feb. 18, 2022
The milkman, the mailman, or the railroad brakeman?
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
He is considered one of Great Britain's best bobsleigh brakemen, having won 15 World Cup medals - including three golds - as part of the two-man and four-man teams.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
“To continue to fight for greater and greater participation among women and get those brakemen get more medal opportunities too.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
The technology would end the days of brakemen running on top of train cars to individually apply the brakes, a system that often required miles for a train to stop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2018
Adigun, 31, soon convinced fellow former runners Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga to join the team as brakemen.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2018
She had called it "joshing," and had put it all aside, just as she had parried the rude jests of the brakemen of her acquaintance.
From Money Magic A Novel by Hamlin Garland
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