brakesman

/ ˈbreɪksmən /

noun

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At the foot of the great mound of shot rubbish was the fixed engine of which George Stephenson acted as brakesman.

Of course, as he was only a brakesman, his opinion was considered to be worth very little on such a point.

Whether working as a brakesman or an engineer, his mind was always full of the work in hand.

That was the road she took, before my eyes, under the most comfortable conditions, in an electric trolley driven by a brakesman.

To this place Stephenson first came as a brakesman about the end of 1804.

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