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Pointsman

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pointspersonnounA person in charge of railroad points or switches.
signalmannounSomebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.
switchtendernounThe person in charge of a railroad switch.
switchmannoun(rail transport) A person who operates railway switches that route trains onto rail tracks.
trackmannoun(US, rail transport) A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation.
towermannoun(rail transport, US) a person employed in a railroad switch tower to control and direct the movement of cars and trains.
sectionmannoun(rail transport, US, Canada) A railroad worker who maintains and patrols the track.
pilotmannoun(rail transport, UK) A railway employee who directs operations over a section of railway line temporarily reduced to single track, e.g. during maintenance work, or within an unsignalled area or over a line unfamiliar to the engine crew.
pointmannounAlternative form of point man. [(military) In combat, the soldier who takes point; the soldier who assumes the first and most exposed position in a combat military formation; the lead soldier/unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.]
trackmasternoun(music) A person or system responsible for overseeing and managing the various components of a music track during the recording and mixing process.
secondmannoun(rail transport, UK) A driver's assistant on a diesel or electric locomotive.
signalwomannounA woman employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.
stationmasternoun(rail transport) The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads.
switch keepernoun(mining, historical) A worker who attends the switches or passing places on the underground railways.
pikemannounA soldier armed with a pike.
yard pilotnounA switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
postnounA long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
switchernounOne who or that which operates a switch.
trainmannoun(rail transport) A person who works on trains on a railway / railroad.
pinmannounOne whose job involves working with pins (any sense).

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