trainmen
Crew aboard locomotives
Trainmen is the plural of trainman—a railroad worker whose duties are aboard the train rather than in the station or yard.
The term covers conductors, brakemen, and others responsible for a train's operation during its run.
The trainmen waved as they passed the crossing.
The word reflects an era when railroad work was almost exclusively male.
Rail worker controlling deceleration
- engineerTechnical design professional
- firemanEmergency blaze responder
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- yardmasterTrain depot manager
signalman · dispatcher · switchman · trackman · flagman · trainmaster · motorman · carman
Railroad maintenance laborer
- railwaymanTrain system employee
- railroaderRailway industry employee
- boilermakerBeer-and-shot pairing
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
track worker · lineman · union man · seniority · shift work · overtime · call board
Kinship among men
- cabooseCrew shelter, train's end
- lanternEnclosed portable light
- timepieceHour-measuring device
- uniformIdentical throughout
cap · overalls · lunch pail · whistle signals · hand signals · timetable · bunk · layover
brakeman
Rail worker controlling deceleration
- engineerTechnical design professional
- firemanEmergency blaze responder
- conductorOne who directs musicians
yardmaster · signalman · dispatcher · switchman · trackman · flagman · trainmaster · motorman · carman · roadmaster
gandy dancer
Railroad maintenance laborer
- railwaymanTrain system employee
- railroaderRailway industry employee
- boilermakerBeer-and-shot pairing
roundhouse · track worker · lineman · union man · seniority · shift work · overtime · call board
brotherhood
Kinship among men
uniform · cap · overalls · lunch pail · whistle signals · hand signals · timetable · bunk · layover
- railroad jobsconductors, engineers, brakemen, firemen, switchmen