He is a railway signalman and his job is to change the points.
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Signalman
//ˈsɪɡnəl.mən//
Synonyms for "signalman" (11 found)
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15 translations across 9 languages.
Czech
1 entries- signalista noun (railway employee)
Finnish
2 entries- junasuorittaja noun (railway employee)
- viestimies noun (armed forces employee)
Hebrew
1 entries- קשר noun (armed forces employee)
Italian
3 entries- scambista noun (railway employee)
- segnalatore noun (railway employee)
- segnalatore noun (armed forces employee)
Macedonian
1 entries- свртничар noun (railway employee)
Polish
4 entries- nastawniczy noun (railway employee)
- sygnalista noun (railway employee)
- sygnalista noun (armed forces employee)
- łącznościowiec noun (railway employee)
Portuguese
1 entries- sinaleiro noun (railway employee)
Romanian
1 entries- semnalizator noun (railway employee)
Swedish
1 entries- tågklarerare noun (railway employee)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
With extra traffic, numerous boat trains to and from Southampton Docks, and working of empty stock, his job, like that of most signalmen, is no sinecure.
Source: wiktionary
The length ganger saw the train passing with the van derailed and promptly telephoned the Sandbach signalman, who restored his signals to danger, but not in time to stop the train before the final derailment occurred.
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As he passed though the station, he slowed to yell to the signalman, Frank 'Sailor' Bridges: "Sailor - have you anything between here and Fordham? Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due, and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon.
Source: wiktionary
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