sectionman

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A railroad worker who maintains and patrols the track.
 * 2) * 1916, Annual Report of the Public Utilities Commission, State of Maine, Sentinel Publishing Company
 * "en"

- ... a sectionman was killed when his motor velocipede was struck by an extra freight on a curve; a sectionman was crushed between two cars when working on a track left unprotected; a sectionman was struck by a shifting engine; …


 * 1) * 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co. (photo caption):
 * "en"

- Sectionmen step back to admire a T&P Texas in West Texas as the 2-10-4 comes charging up bad Baird Hill.