trainmaster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trainmaster
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From conductor he started up the long grind of a rail-road operating man's career: trainmaster, assistant superintendent, 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
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
The trainmaster came to report that a careful search of Callahan's files had not disclosed any message to Leckhard.
From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde
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