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railwayman

British  
/ ˈreɪlˌweɪmən /

noun

  1. a worker on a railway, esp one other than a driver

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Born working-class – the son of a Suffolk railwayman – Hall had scholarships to Perse public school and then Cambridge University.

From The Guardian Sep. 12, 2017

Born at Carnforth, in Lancashire, Cecil Parkinson was the son of a railwayman and in his youth he was left-wing, a pacifist and considered becoming a clergyman.

From BBC Jan. 25, 2016

Prescott was born in Prestatyn, north Wales, in 1938, the son of a railwayman.

From BBC Nov. 16, 2012

Every railwayman, for example, who went on strike in disregard of his contract is personally liable to be sued in the County Court for damages.

From Time Magazine Archive

He vanishes from the story at this point, in a discharge of Parthian shafts by Tommy the young railwayman, not very energetically returned, as if he thought the contest not worth prolonging.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

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