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(...) Here are a few more. Yardmaster Footboard Yardmaster (Yardmaster/Conductor type job) Flagman (used to protect the rear of stopped trains in caboose days, now used to protect non-railroad workers near the tracks) Trainmaster (in charge of a (...) (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You mean you're procrastinating! Well I probably will tend to favor entries (all else being equal) that I get to see for longer... it's just human nature that what imprints gets remembered. (...) Bring it on! There's no restriction on how WIDE (...) (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ahh, we are just holding back, Frank, so as not to give the competition the edge;-) I, for one, will be entering the contest, and hopefully in more than one category... -John (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, Right now there is a building contest running at 1000steine.de and there is no entry yet for the Trains category! There are many talented builders hanging around in lugnet.trains with creations worth entering the contest! There is no entry fee (...) (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Not only grown men... Josh (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually, I heard it from a Aussie...you just have to remember, that the word use is ~50 years out of date. How many people would name the "gay" 90's like that now? (1890's...) James P (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm gonna bet the "knocker up" is a mostly UK term as well. I think it would elicit snickers from grown men in the US (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You can break it down a bit, to forward and rear brakeman, and add: Ganger/Platelayer (UK term) Signalman Towerman Crossing Gate Attendent Dispatcher Station Master Porter Knocker Up (used to go and wake crew prior to shifts) Cleaner Ther's a (...) (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I recall Fireman, Brakeman, Conductor and Engineer (if you stretch it a little: box car jumping hobo) How many other names for workers are there? Or better yet job specific titles. Steam, Diesel/Electric, Elevated or whatever. (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello Shaun, (...) Someday, I will try to come up with a similarly cool steam engine design ... Greetings from Germany, Horst (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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