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railroad man

n. an employee of a railroad [syn: trainman, railroader, railwayman, railway man]

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Railroad Man

Railroad Man may refer to:

  • Railroad Man's Magazine, a magazine published in 1906
  • The Railroad Man, a 1956 Italian film directed by Pietro Germi
  • Poppoya, a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata

Usage examples of "railroad man".

There had been a time when a railroad man, reporting for duty with any sign of intoxication, would have been regarded as a doctor arriving for work with sores of smallpox on his face.

Lorena had school to teach and the baby and the three boys to look after, and yet here he was, about to go away and leave them again, just because some railroad man wanted the Captain to run down a bandit.

Longarm followed the railroad man on down the hill, and they struggled on for about another half hour before they came to the cabin.

He not only was never a railroad man or a seaman, he seemed to think that these things were unimportant.

Wasn't that you as shot the railroad man they just carried over to the undertaker's root cellar?

If the railroad man was short on diplomatic experience he was long on horse sense, and he could make tough decisions without dithering.