BRAKEMAN

Brakeman

A brakeman is a rail transport worker whose original job was to assist the braking of a train by applying brakes on individual wagons. The advent of through brakes on trains made this role redundant, although the name lives on in the United States where brakemen carry out a variety of functions both on the track and within trains.

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brakeman

Noun

  1. A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc
  2. A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh


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