trainmaster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trainmaster
Example Sentences
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Son of a railroadman and educated at the University of Illinois, Aydelott highballed up through the ranks from laborer to gang foreman and track inspector, became trainmaster in 1943 and general manager last year.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a World War I stint as a Navy radio operator, he worked up through U.P.'s ranks as a telegrapher, train dispatcher, trainmaster, assistant superintendent.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a switchman, yardmaster, trainmaster, division superintendent, general manager and assistant to the president.
From Time Magazine Archive
His father, a trainmaster in Columbus, was an accomplished amateur golfer, as was Weiskopf's mother.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trainmaster was nursing a knee and screwing his face into the reflective scheme of distortion.
From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde
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