A brakeman is a rail transport worker whose original job was to assist the braking of a train by applying brakes on individual wagons. The advent of through...
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A brakeman's cabin (also brakeman's cab) or brakeman's caboose (US) (German: Bremserhaus) was a small one-man compartment at one end of a railway wagon...
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Bobsleigh (redirect from Brakeman (bobsleigh))
either two or four people. The four-person crew consists of a pilot, a brakeman, and two pushers. Athletes are selected for their speed and strength, which...
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Jimmie Rodgers (redirect from Singing Brakeman)
known for his distinctive yodeling. Rodgers was known as "The Singing Brakeman" and "America's Blue Yodeler". He has been cited as an inspiration by many...
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College Harry Brakeman is a United Methodist school (primary and secondary) in Haiti. It is run by the Eglise Méthodiste d'Haïti (Methodist Church of Haiti)...
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Lake City, the 2-man team of Winston Watts (pilot) and Lascelles Brown (brakeman) set the Park City bobsled track record and the Olympic record for the...
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(four-man pusher, two-man brakeman) Dudley Stokes (four-man pilot, two-man pilot) Chris Stokes (four-man brakeman, two-man brakeman) Michael White (four-man...
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Damon Runyon (redirect from The Brakeman's Daughter)
Princess O'Hara Social Error Take It Easy Tight Shoes Lonely Heart The Brakeman's Daughter Cemetery Bait It Comes Up Mud The Big Umbrella For a Pal Big...
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lead locomotive were engineer John Edward "Jack" Hudson, aged 48, and brakeman Mark Edwards, aged 25. On the caboose, conductor Wayne "Smitty" Smith,...
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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (redirect from Brotherhood of Railroad Brakeman)
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT) was a labor organization for railroad employees founded in 1883. Originally called the Brotherhood of Railroad...
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