Railroad Man (Noun)
Meaning
An employee of a railroad.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The grizzled old railroad man had spent decades working on the tracks, fixing engines, and blowing the whistle to alert of an approaching train.
- John had always been fascinated by the way the railroad man worked the brakes with such finesse to slow down the train at each stop.
- Every day at sunrise, a weary railroad man named Bill climbed down from his sleeping car to grab a quick breakfast at the depot diner.
- For a time, I even thought I might grow up to be a railroad man myself, inspired by my father's tales of riding the rails from Chicago to Los Angeles.
- Old Pete was the longest-tenured railroad man in our community, known far and wide for his unmatched ability to handle a mean old locomotive like the Cannonball.