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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

The brakemen on the bobsled tour often come up with various off-track competitions and one day, the challenge was long jumping.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2022

“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

But he knew that conductors and brakemen changed every few hundred miles, and that this plan might not lead to anything in the end.

From The Duke Of Chimney Butte by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)