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A switchman (North America) or pointsman (British Isles) is a rail transport worker whose original job was to operate various railway switches or points...3 KB (345 words) - 14:16, 22 February 2024
respectively. Switchman Switchmen's Union of North America American Railway Union United Transportation Union "Old-Time Switchmen," Switchmen's Journal, vol...13 KB (1,739 words) - 16:53, 13 September 2023
wounded. On April 9, in East St. Louis, Illinois, where about eighty switchmen had gone out on a sympathy strike against the Louisville and Nashville...12 KB (1,375 words) - 15:02, 30 April 2024
as a switchman by the ICG on November 26, 1952, and was promoted to engine foreman on June 13, 1953, then to yardmaster around 1967. Switchman Gregory...22 KB (3,213 words) - 22:23, 31 July 2023- produced at the test station recording the failure in order to assist the switchmen in detecting it and diagnosing the source. The card punch, with some cards...23 KB (3,395 words) - 12:00, 17 February 2023
strike situation. The railway switchmen were the first to act, refusing to attach Pullman cars to trains. When one switchman would be fired for insubordination...16 KB (2,083 words) - 23:10, 30 November 2023
Buffalo and began working for railroads at age 12. He rose through the Switchmen's Union's ranks to become president of the Buffalo local. From 1911 to...17 KB (1,578 words) - 23:45, 24 March 2024
from the station, but he had already begun to check tickets. One of the switchmen jumped on a bicycle and unsuccessfully attempted to catch up with the...13 KB (1,623 words) - 21:03, 28 February 2024
Member of Lodge 56 and Master Switchman then later Grand Master of Lodge 115 in Jersey City, New Jersey of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association, was regarded...23 KB (2,394 words) - 22:15, 15 May 2024- vacations. After he completed high school in 1928 he joined this company as a switchman in its East Dallas yard. In 1929 he joined Dallas Lodge 671 of the Brotherhood...7 KB (680 words) - 20:32, 15 January 2024
- Edmond Noel to call out the state guard. Also on October 3, a striking switchman named Robert Mitchell was killed by a strikebreaker in Cairo, Illinois...12 KB (1,320 words) - 06:59, 4 May 2024
- October, 1921, petitioner accepted respondent's application for work as a switchman, and the latter in December, 1928, was injured while employed in interstate