trainmaster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trainmaster
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He was a switchman, yardmaster, trainmaster, division superintendent, general manager and assistant to the president.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
From conductor he started up the long grind of a rail-road operating man's career: trainmaster, assistant superintendent, superintendent.
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
Perhaps Regan himself, together with Riley, the trainmaster, were unwittingly the means of bringing it about a little sooner than it might otherwise have come—perhaps not.
From The Night Operator by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
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