yardmaster

American  

[yahrd-mas-ter, -mah-ster] / ˈyɑrdˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /

noun

1. a person who superintends all or part of a railroad yard.

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Etymology

Origin of yardmaster

First recorded in 1870–75; yard ² + master

Example Sentences

“Funky, twisty,” is how Camp Small yardmaster Shaun Preston describes them.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2022

Hudson’s grandfather was a yardmaster for the Milwaukee Road and his uncles were also “railroad guys,” he said.

From Washington Times • May 14, 2017

His father was a yardmaster for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; his mother was a saleswoman and later a social worker.

From Washington Post

Say a crew's worked eight hours on a packinghouse job and the yardmaster says to make up another train afterwards and it only takes two hours.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maguire's answer differed in no whit from the answer he had made to Gleason, the yardmaster, and every one else to whom he had applied for a job—Maguire was in deadly earnest.

From The Night Operator by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)