yardmaster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yardmaster
Example Sentences
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“Funky, twisty,” is how Camp Small yardmaster Shaun Preston describes them.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2022
Hudson’s grandfather was a yardmaster for the Milwaukee Road and his uncles were also “railroad guys,” he said.
From Washington Times ● May 14, 2017
His father was a yardmaster for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; his mother was a saleswoman and later a social worker.
From Washington Post
He was a switchman, yardmaster, trainmaster, division superintendent, general manager and assistant to the president.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frequently, as at Washington, the yardmaster would order us to load one car at a time, then switch it away and commence on another.
From Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus by W. C. Coup
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