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