railwayman

Noun

railwayman (plural railwaymen)

1. A man who works on a railway.
   • The spirit of the local railwaymen in this emergency is shown by the Helensburgh fireman who heard the news at 8 a.m. on his radio and immediately went to the depot of his own accord to see what help he could give.1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130
   • Nizan was, of course, Marxist and he did use his Marxist intelligence—although, thank God, never the jargon—to show the [economic] and emotional cost of the life of Antoine Bloye, a [working‐class] railwayman who made the painful rise to become a railway functionary and a member of the petit...1973 June 24, Barbara Probst Solomon, “The author's subject is his rage and fear”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms:

   railman