Trainmen

Fischer greeted them, and called his trainmen, one by one, to be questioned. ❋ Carolyn Wells (1902)

He must have gotten off the train when it was going full speed, for he hadn't been seen at any of the stations, and the trainmen were astonished to find the doors locked and the car empty, when they got to Hoytville. ❋ Unknown (1893)

And we'd watch the brakemen and the trainmen do it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Here are John Kimball and Nathan Lord at the controls of 'Chloe,' upholding the legacy of Kimball trainmen. ❋ Steve Hulett (2006)

Perhaps in your research, you have run across ways by which trainmen coped with hot boxes. ❋ Holly (2005)

A freight train would stop every twenty-five or fifty miles for the trainmen to make a walking inspection for overheated journals. ❋ Holly (2005)

They always sprang up on the off side of the train, so that the trainmen could not see them, but I hope no trainman in Spain would have had the heart to molest them. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It was an iron -- cast-iron stove with a pipe that sent the smoke out the ceiling, and it was the bar -- job of one of the trainmen or the conductor to keep either coal or wood in an area next to the stove and adjust the fire and keep it going, but, of course, there were two problems with this. ❋ Unknown (1997)

The trainmen wanted Cisco to sing their favorite, "Red River Valley, " and when he struck the first chords they leaned back in approval. ❋ Michener, James (1974)

The trainmen opened the vestibule doors of the coaches and put down the stepstool for the passengers. ❋ James Lee Burke (1965)

She, the trainmen, and the truck driver dropped by the sound together, and under the train she saw Cassie, white-faced, strange-looking, whimpering little begging cries of “Mommie, Mommie.” ❋ Harriette Arnow (1954)

Conductors and other trainmen who run through many tunnels are apt to have ear trouble, as are the men who work underground a great depth where they are in motion, such as miners running underground trains. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Then I am going to look up the trainmen who probably hauled the car. ❋ Allen Chapman (N/A)

It was stated that no particulars could be ascertained, however, regarding either her passengers or her destination, the utmost secrecy being maintained by those on board, including even the trainmen. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Tom Conboy was already hiring carpenters to rebuild the hotel, his eye full of the business that would come to his doors when the railroad shops were running, and the trainmen of the division point were there to be housed and fed. ❋ George W. Ogden (N/A)

The trainmen, on the other hand, used no fine phrases. ❋ Various (N/A)