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Definition of Trainmaster
1. Noun. A railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard.
Generic synonyms: Dispatcher, Railroad Man, Railroader, Railway Man, Railwayman, Trainman
Definition of Trainmaster
1. Noun. A superintendent or supervisor of an American U.S. freight railroad. The trainmaster is responsible for enforcing policies of the rail company, for train movements, locomotive assignments, crew assignments, personnel management, discipline, derailments and more. In the past, trainmasters were promoted brakemen or conductors who retained their union seniority. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trainmaster
Literary usage of Trainmaster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1904)
"The officers above the station agent and the conductor, in their order of rar.k,
were the trainmaster, the general superintendent, and the vice president ..."
2. Letters from an Old Railway Official to His Son, a Division Superintendent by Charles De Lano Hine (1904)
"THE NEW trainmaster AND CIVIL SERVICE. May i, 1904. My Dear Boy:—I have your
letter telling about your new trainmaster. You feel that a man from another ..."
3. The Floods of July 1916: How the Southern Railway Organization Met an Emergency by Southern Railway (U.S.) (1917)
"... trainmaster CG King, of the Asheville Division, with Bridge Foremen Huffman
and Deal and their forces, and also Road Carpenter \VM ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"Hi 1:1, that the trainmaster having denied the agent's statement, evidence of T.
that the agent made such statement to the trainmaster was not objectionable ..."
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