Sentences with phrase «train brakeman»

His works and materials — granite blocks and other cut or natural stone, bricks, raw wooden timbers, steel plates, and repeating geometric shapes of various other metals — reflect the quarries, shipyards, and islands of his birthplace and his years spent as a freight - train brakeman.

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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.

I had a few scary moments, as we slowed descended the steep mountain, especially when there was a steep drop on one side of the carriage, and I felt myself clutching my hands tightly; but there was no need to fear, because fortunately the brakeman who operated our train was very experienced at his job and we arrived back at the bottom station with no problems!

From 1960 to 1964, he worked as a freight brakeman and conductor for the Pennsylvania Railroad in New Jersey, later claiming that the repetition of shapes in train carriages and railway lines had a significant impact on his art.

Receive train orders and explain orders to brakemen / women, locomotive engineer and other crew members.