She acted as brakeman for driver Mica McNeil as they won silver in the women's bobsleigh, Team GB's first - ever medal at the event. (teamgb.com)
And it wasn't just the trains themselves that became legends - so did the drivers, firemen, engineers and brakemen who ran them, often immortalised in songs like Casey Jones and John Henry. (greatrail.com)
For five years, between 1960 and 1965, the artist worked freight brakeman and conductor in New Jersey and focused all of his free time on writing poetry. (widewalls.ch)