motorman
noun
mo·tor·man
ˈmō-tər-mən 
: an operator of a motor-driven vehicle (such as a streetcar or subway train)
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Hundreds of law enforcement officers from across the state began streaming into the South Florida Fairgrounds Tuesday morning to honor the three Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office motormen who died in a crash less than two weeks ago.
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Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
Then one day at the train yard, Pop was lying underneath a subway car, repairing a break, when a motorman turned the engine on and began to drive the train forward, dragging Pop along with it.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
Two months later, the NYPD dispatched its first drones to look for surfers and warn motormen to stop their trains.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024
The motorman stopped the train and investigated, finding an unidentified man under the train.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024
Summer Street Trolley Tragedy When a motorman failed to see the warning lights on the Summer Street Bridge, a car of the Boston Elevated railway plunged into Fort Point Channel, killing 47 people.
—BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
The next morning, the motorman went out to find food for them; a nearby bakery and drugstore provided coffee and doughnuts.
—Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2022
Catonsville Rails to Trails is set to complete a restoration project of a mural depicting the No. 8 Streetcar Path that includes the addition of Berley Roberts Sr., one of the first African American motorman in Baltimore.
—Cameron Goodnight, baltimoresun.com, 20 Oct. 2021
Her father was a subway motorman, her mother a homemaker.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2021
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Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
Then one day at the train yard, Pop was lying underneath a subway car, repairing a break, when a motorman turned the engine on and began to drive the train forward, dragging Pop along with it.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
Two months later, the NYPD dispatched its first drones to look for surfers and warn motormen to stop their trains.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024
The motorman stopped the train and investigated, finding an unidentified man under the train.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024
Summer Street Trolley Tragedy When a motorman failed to see the warning lights on the Summer Street Bridge, a car of the Boston Elevated railway plunged into Fort Point Channel, killing 47 people.
—BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
The next morning, the motorman went out to find food for them; a nearby bakery and drugstore provided coffee and doughnuts.
—Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2022
Catonsville Rails to Trails is set to complete a restoration project of a mural depicting the No. 8 Streetcar Path that includes the addition of Berley Roberts Sr., one of the first African American motorman in Baltimore.
—Cameron Goodnight, baltimoresun.com, 20 Oct. 2021
Her father was a subway motorman, her mother a homemaker.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2021
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motorman
noun
mo·tor·man
ˈmōt-ər-mən
: an operator of a motor-driven vehicle (as a streetcar or a subway train)
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