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Definition of Signalman
1. Noun. A railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard.
Definition of Signalman
1. n. A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned.
Definition of Signalman
1. Noun. Somebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway. ¹
2. Noun. A member of the armed forces responsible for signalling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Signalman
1. [n SIGNALMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Signalman
Literary usage of Signalman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1913)
"Should a train pass a block station without markers, the signalman must notify
the signalman at the next block station in each direction, ..."
2. Sessional Papers (1902)
"The Inspecting Officer considered that the signalman in No. 3 box was alone to
blame in the matter, as, if in doubt of what the second express train was ..."
3. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1915)
"Should a train pass a block station in two or more parts, the signalman must stop
all trains running in the same direction and notify the signalman at the ..."
4. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1873)
"Accidents—Railway (continued). to Mary Ann Cookson, Killed at the Ribble Branch
Railway, 13 j 6 Ь Devon Railway, 28 ш 11 e to Cousins, a signalman, ..."
5. Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal by William Hubert Burr (1902)
"If the signalman at station A desires to open block 2 for the entrance of the
train T, he asks the signalman at station B by wire to release the lock / to ..."
6. Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal by William Hubert Burr (1902)
"If the signalman at station A desires to open block 2 for the entrance of the
train T, he asks the signalman at station B by wire to release the lock / to ..."
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