switchman

The switchman opened the switch to shunt the locomotive on to a sidetrack.
L'aiguilleur ouvrit l'aiguillage pour diriger la locomotive sur une voie de garage.
My grandfather was a switchman at a small train station now gone.
Mon grand-père était aiguilleur dans une petite gare aujourd'hui disparue.
Marcos has landed a job as a switchman. He'll be working in the local railyard.
Marcos a trouvé un emploi comme aiguilleur. Il va travailler dans le triage ferroviaire local.
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