pilotmen
pilotmen is the plural of pilotman.
Meaning of pilotman
Noun
pilotman (plural pilotmen)
- 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.
- Driver G. A. Rowett, of the North Eastern Region's Neville Hill shed, now joined the locomotive as pilotman, and actually took over the regulator, Fireman Wheddon continuing to fire.1958 December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 852
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- Pilotmen is the plural of pilotman.
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