sectionman
A railroad worker who maintains and patrols the track.
Noun
- A railroad worker who maintains and patrols the track.
- 1916, Annual Report of the Public Utilities Commission, State of Maine, Sentinel Publishing Company https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hi1FAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA56&lpg=RA2-PA56&dq=%22sectionman%22&source=bl&ots=i9BCwYgdC9&s...
- Sectionmen step back to admire a T&P Texas in West Texas as the 2-10-4 comes charging up bad Baird Hill. - 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co. (photo caption)
- Being on the engine when the engineer applied the brakes I asked why he was stopping and he said "there's a sectionman fighting with a wolf". So I backed up to the spot and the fireman and I jumped off with pick and...
Origin
From section + man.