trainmaster


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Noun1.trainmaster - a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yardtrainmaster - a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard
dispatcher - employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service
railroad man, railroader, railway man, railwayman, trainman - an employee of a railroad
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When I played a trainmaster in 'Bharat', I came to know what must have happened.
Following an act of vandalism earlier this year that caused $110,000 worth of damage to seven trolley cars and a caboose, the nearby Fox River Trolley Museum will be open this weekend, according to Damin Keenan, assistant trainmaster at the museum.
Holan thrived in the circus's apprentice-style culture, working his way up to trainmaster and then general manager, where he was put in charge of coordinating the journeys.
At first glance, the Trainmaster Manufacture looks like a relatively standard dress watch.
Before law school I worked for five years as a trainmaster at Norfolk Southern Railway.
The Philadelphia Terminal Division trainmaster demanded a conference, although he refused to address the female employees directly.
Rand does not advocate their murder, of course (though she sympathetically depicts a trainmaster who chooses not to avert the disaster, partly in revenge against the regulators); but she does suggest that they had it coming.
and Barnum & Bailey Circus; aerialist Galla Shawn; the Konyot Equestrian Family; and circus trainmaster Charlie Smith.