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"Signalman" Quotes from Famous Books

... about thirty-eight miles in length, was operating a locomotive driven by Stephenson, with a signalman on horseback, in advance, in 1825. The passenger coach in this instance was named the "Experiment," and carried six persons inside and from fifteen to twenty persons outside. But it was the year 1829, which became famous ...

— A Pioneer Railway of the West • Maude Ward Lafferty

... he reached for the moustache and carefully adjusted it, "one moment while I take a glance at myself in the glass over the seat. That's better, ain't it? Quite straight, and makes me look the part to perfection. But what did that signalman shout, you ask? Well, rather an important message, and these are the words as I remember them: 'You'll stop at the station just beyond', he called to the driver; 'there are police there waiting for you, for there's information that there are three ...

— With Joffre at Verdun - A Story of the Western Front • F. S. Brereton

... is the commercial center of the "Garden Colony," Durban itself, the city, being the continuation of a garden. The signalman from the bluff station reported the Spray fifteen miles off. The wind was freshening, and when she was within eight miles he said: "The Spray is shortening sail; the mainsail was reefed and set in ten minutes. One man is doing all ...

— Sailing Alone Around The World • Joshua Slocum

... is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice—as homicide after great provocation; signalman who allows a train to pass, and so ...

— Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology • W. G. Aitchison Robertson

... yellow, signalman," replied the commodore. "We will pull a while in sections of two, ...

— All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake - A Sequel to "The Boat Club" • Oliver Optic

Words linked to "Signalman" : signaller, railwayman, railway man, railroad man, signaler, railroader, trainman