flagman

The division engineer, with his front flagman, had already galloped half a mile away across the plain.
Campmates|Kirk Munroe
He has also made some changes in his force, and is going to see what sort of a front flagman Glen Eddy will make.
Campmates|Kirk Munroe
Three shrill whistle calls sent a sleepy flagman racing to set the switch of the siding.
Empire Builders|Francis Lynde
Heres a handful, my hearty, and the flagman darted into the little shanty and out again with a fistful of great chunks of chalk.
Bound to Succeed|Allen Chapman

The flagman on the end of the train had helped the boy aboard the last car as the train started to move.
Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island|Alice Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for flagman

flagman

/ (ˈflæɡmən) /

noun plural -men

a person who has charge of, carries, or signals with a flag, esp a railway employee

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