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trainmaster
trainmaster n. U.S. a person in charge of a train or trains; spec. a railway official responsible for all aspects of operating trains in a particular area or on a particular stretch of line.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > in charge of a railway or part of a railway
trainmaster1828
train porter1842
train dispatcher1855
1828 Ladies' Monthly Museum Nov. 280 Muleteers, with their..captains or train-masters, with the ancient cartridge belts, and the old Spanish gun, were mingled in these groups.
1850 Ann. Rep. Concord Railroad Corporation 16/1 (table) Sam'l H. Stevens, train-master.
1880 News & Press (Cimarron, New Mexico) 9 Sept. 3/2 Mr. Frank Fulton, train master on this Division,..gave the following information concerning the damage.
1898 Engin. Mag. 16 66 Of an American railway..the superintendent..is assisted by a trainmaster, a roadmaster or division engineer,..and a chief dispatcher.
1907 J. W. Schultz My Life as Indian xviii. 210 Berry declared that he would do no more freighting to the mines with his bull train; he would either sell it or employ some one as a train~master.
1950 F. P. Donovan Mileposts on Prairie x. 131 For a time, the uptown office had a superintendent, chief dispatcher, roadmaster, traveling engineer, freight traffic manager, trainmaster, and a staff of clerks.
2005 L. H. Kaufman Leaders Count ix. 320 Railroad people who knew Krebs as a young trainmaster..still are surprised to hear of the Aspen Institute program.
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