He never was a born railwayman, any more than he was a pure financier. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
John Axon was a railwayman who died trying to stop a runaway train in 1957. From Wordnik.com. [The great unknowns get their chapters in history] Reference
The ex-railwayman stayed on the roof of the second car, laughing and waving to everybody. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
Walter Snow, a victimized railwayman, was returned from Liesbeek to the provincial council. From Wordnik.com. [Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 8] Reference
The grinning ex-railwayman between the cars yelled and waved his arms to indicate the coupler was unfastened. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
The other ex-railwayman, having loosened the brake on the first car, stood poised to do the same atop the second. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
As the cars hit the temporary track, the ex-railwayman leaped the twelve feet to the ground, rolled, and sprang to his feet. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
The Protestant railwayman founded churches along the strategic railway line and brought up Jonas with his own austere beliefs. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Many belong to men with close-cropped beards that Muslims commonly wear; others, like the railwayman, have the tell-tale marks of high-caste Hindus. From Wordnik.com. [One Caste, One Vote] Reference
Being himself a railwayman he seemed to think that the muddle, if any, was chargeable to conditions over which the railways had little or no control. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
Roadmen thought it an excellent project for railways; railwayman were all in favour of its being applied to docks; and dockmen had no objection to its being tried on the roads. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919] Reference
A 'natural goodwill' born of the interdependence between white mechanic and black helper, miner and hammer boy, railwayman and cleaner, would then be 'reflected in amity on the political plane'. 46. From Wordnik.com. [Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 11] Reference
The man who bought supplies for Van Horne (when there was money) and wrote letters or sent telegrams when there was none, got a finer preparation for being a great railwayman than most Premiers ever got for the duties of public life. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
The son of a railwayman, he was born in Białystok, eastern Poland. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Shoreditch High Street station, a railwayman passed on a piece of lore. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Her father was a railwayman, and all her life she worked with the railways. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Luckily, the railwayman had the wit to see. that this earnest-eyed passenger was speaking the truth. From Wordnik.com. [Number Seventeen] Reference
It means about sixteen hours hard graft a-day to make not half what a railwayman makes in eight hours. From Wordnik.com. [Some Everyday Folk and Dawn] Reference
The former railwayman is adamantly opposed to moving to the relocation site û a field with no facilities some 30 kilometres away. From Wordnik.com. [KI Media] Reference
Founded by ex-railwayman Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61 is probably the most comprehensive on-line guide for European and world train and ship routes. From Wordnik.com. [mirror.co.uk - Home] Reference
Former railwayman Tony Fountain, who is 57, has added news to his existing What's On in Long Eaton site, and trails round the streets looking for stories. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Look at the way we ran swathes of empire with just one classics graduate and a drunken Scottish engineer, a Welsh railwayman and a couple of random clerical types. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
The railwayman, confused but happy, had evidently been the recipient of kind and appreciative words, for his face was glowing, and Miss Ray's fairly beamed with the radiance of its smile. From Wordnik.com. [Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila] Reference
There was a picture of a railwayman looking like a consumptive in the last stages, and embracing one of his horrible children while his more horrible wife and mother supported the feeble heads of others, and under it was written, 'Is this man an anarchist?. From Wordnik.com. [Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract] Reference
The grinning ex-railwayman atop the fifth car waved and nodded to indicate his car’s brake was securely on. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
The railwayman reached up to the overhead rack. From Wordnik.com. [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference
"This daughter of a railwayman had the enormous advantage of a New Zealand education. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Massey News] Reference
"He was a railwayman who couldn't afford to play amateur rugby, so I used to support York and the sport as a whole. From Wordnik.com. [Your Local Guardian | Sutton] Reference
The railwayman cut them short. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Mr Wilson was the son of a railwayman. From Wordnik.com. [News round-up] Reference
He had the advantage of being a railwayman. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland]
"And then blowing your nose," says a railwayman. From Wordnik.com. [News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio] Reference
Reid was a career railwayman in love with trains. From Wordnik.com. [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
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