Tallyman

Uncoupling a train into cuts in the reception sidings - as a shunter wields his pole, the tallyman reads off details of the train to the Traffic Office through his portable radio transmitter.

At the prefab site entrance, we collect our breathing apparatus from the 'tallyman' who books people in and out of the tunnel.

The term tally-man and tally-woman, indicating a man and woman living together without marriage, are used in mining districts, where such unions are far from uncommon.