trackman
[trak-muh n]
noun, plural track·men.
a person who assists in inspecting, installing, or maintaining railroad tracks.
a trackwalker.
Origin of trackman
Usage note
See -man.
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The trackman was a person accustomed to the reality and not the theory of things.
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Went from trackman to machinist's helper and boilermaker's helper.
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Why should the locomotive engineer receive more than the trackman?
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We were an excited group around the train's crew, when the trackman came up with his torch.
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For nearly 30 years he had been identified with the railroad service filling positions from trackman to general superintendent.
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trackman
noun plural -men
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