Definition of trackman in English:
trackman
nounPlural trackmenˈtrakmən
A person employed in laying and maintaining railway track.
Example sentencesExamples
- They push carts, assist trackmen and timbermen, shovel dirt and handle material, and do other necessary unskilled work about the mines.
- Millions of pounds have been paid to deaf train drivers, workshop staff and trackmen.
- Kerala railway workers went on strike and protested outside Kozhikode railway station to demand improved safety and the provision of basic amenities for night-duty trackmen.
- In the darkness at around 6am, the trackmen were using petrol-powered generators to light the site.
- At the time I thought he was joking, but I was soon to learn that many of the company's trackmen seldom do even three hours work a day.
- In Canada the trackmen, i.e. those who maintained the track, were called sectionmen because a gang of three men and their foreman were responsible for a definite section of track.