Brakeman
Roughneck, Shack, Ground hog, Smokestack, Fielder, Car catcher, stinger
Car Inspector ...
Brakeman, occupant of caboose. Shacks master is a conductor.
Shake 'Em Up
Switching.
Brakeman
A member of a freight or passenger train crew. His duties are to assist the conductor in any way necessary.
Branch Line ...
Brakeman
Train service employee who assists with train and yard operations.
Brake Pawl (Hand Brake) ...
A brakeman uses a fusee to demonstrate a hand signal indicating "stop".
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Definitions Points of Interest ...
HUT"Brakeman's shelter just back of the coal bunkers on the tender tank of engines operating through Moffat Tunnel. May also refer to caboose, locomotive cab, switchman's shanty, or crossing watchman's shelter ...
Here's the brakeman and engineer, stadning proudly before their candy-cane and flag- bedecked GP28 locomotive
After the gifts, kids can stop at this table for candy canes.
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Baby Lifter A brakeman. Bad Order A piece of rolling stock that needs repair.
Conductor Brakeman, with or without brains, displaying pencils. Controlled Point A location designated by number where signals and /or switches of a CTC system are controlled by a control operator.
Brakeman (US): A train crew member who performs railcar and track management; often a single job description along with switchman ("brakeman/switchman"). A brakeman manually activated brakes on railroad cars before the advent of air brakes.
Flag - To protect the rear of the train by having a brakeman walk back with a flag while it is stopped; any person not on the crew stop the train by waving hands, hat, etc.
Rule 99 requires the rear brakeman and head end brakeman to proceed from the train and carry lighted fusees at night, flags by day, and two torpedoes for placement on the track. This protects the train for other trains in either direction.
Brakeman
RAILWAYS. An alternative name sometimes used for a guard, especially of a non-passenger train.
Brakevan
RAILWAYS. The term used Australia for what in Britain is called a guardsvan and in the USA a caboose.
BRB ...
Nickname for a shelter placed on the tender deck of steam locomotives to house the head brakeman.
Doodlebug ...
Normalizing a switch after a train has left a siding has become a troublesome and time consuming matter after the caboose (and thus the rear brakeman) disappeared from the trains. One often used and obvoius remedy is to install spring switches.
 See also: Train, Engine, Track, Switch, Engineer
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