1870 22 Oct. 3/1 The clothes of the section boss caught upon the brake..as he was in the act of jumping off.
1884 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox x. 121 Mr. O'Lafferty was section-boss of No.—, on the G. H. and S. A. Railroad.
1947 K. D. Lumpkin 163 The deacon was section boss on the railroad.