He then ordered his flagman with his flag to go ahead around the curve, which was just ahead of us, and he would follow with the train.
The flagman started and had just time to flag an extra express train, with the General Superintendent and others on board, coming full 40 [forty] miles per hour.
The master mechanic or the division engineer is riding on the rear of a train, at the company's expense, and tells a young flagman that the latter did not go back far enough.
The mechanical assistant, or the maintenance assistant should not, for example, order the flagman to buy a new uniform.
Let the master mechanic or the division engineer of many years' service report the flagman whose tenure may have been very brief.
If the flagman does not tell the official to go to h----, the trainmaster probably will.
How can the young flagman have due respect for his superintendent or other official when he sees the train auditor come to the rear platform and demand to see the pass of the official?
If he is an old flagman it is a little hard for him to see why he himself or his friend, the old station agent, might not have been given this new job with its fine pay.
Like his superintendent the flagman may have been in the service twenty or thirty years.
The flagman had gone home for the night, but the door was secured by a catch only.
He heard remarks among the laborers, and he saw the flagman Casey remove his black pipe from his lips--an unusual occurrence.
Neale's first feeling of pleasure at seeing the old flagman was counteracted by one of dismay at the possibility of coming in contact with old acquaintances.
In this connection I want to suggest to the enginemen that when you discover a cause for the sending out of a flagman give him a chance to go back before you get stopped, so that he can cover the required distance quicker.
When any train has been stopped by a preceding train in the manner above mentioned, the flagman of the last train must protect his train in the same manner.
When cars are pushed by an engine (except when shifting and making up trains in yards), a flagman must occupy a conspicuous position on the front of the leading car and signal the engineman in case of need.
When the flagman goes back to protect the rear of his train, the head brakeman or baggageman must, in the case of passenger trains, and the next brakeman in the case of other trains, take his place on the train.
If a train be obliged to back up, a flagman must be sent back in advance of the rear end of the train, and kept far enough in advance to insure absolute safety against a collision with any train that may be approaching.
Flagman at crossing claims to have been sick at the time of the accident, was in his shanty sitting down.
When a flagman goes out, the next brakeman or baggageman must take his place on the train, as required by paragraph s.
The front flagman thrust a small stake in the ground, drove a tack in its centre, and held his flag on it before he waved the transit-man up.
He has also made some changes in his force, and is going to see what sort of a front flagman Glen Eddy will make.
His disappointment was doubled when Mr. Hobart said that he must take somebody with him as private secretary, and intimated that his choice would have fallen on the young front flagman if he had only learned to talk Spanish.
Then, leaving the axeman to point out the stake, just driven, to the transit-man, the engineer and his young flagman again dash forward.
Only the back flagman is left standing at the place from which the first sight was taken.
When Fuller arrived at Kingston on the Yonah, he was stopped by a flagman more than a mile south of the depot, on account of the trains that had pulled by to let Andrews out.
Car after car approached, every second one bearing a flagman re-signalling to the cab as the train took the short curves of the cañon and entering the gorge rolled slowly beneath the Cat's Paw over the prostrate granite.
Out in the storm she heard from the conductor and flagman rough shouts of good luck.
At the rear end of the car the flagman worked with one of the tail-lights that burned badly, and the conductor watched him.
When the car door opened, the flagman entered with both hands filled with snow.
If we sidetrack the car here with the conductor and flagman they can stay with the operator and you and I can take the cab into Medicine Bend.
At every switch a negro flagman crouched beneath a slanting sheet of corrugated iron, seeking shelter alike from flying fragments and the blazing sun.
Fifteen minutes later a gasoline railroad motor-car with two passengers in addition to its driver and flagman rolled out of the yards at Panama City and took the main line, running under orders like a special train.
Similarly a flagman going back to protect a train between switches should open the siding switch as he passes it.
If the flagman swings it he runs a big risk of blowing it out.
They are a flagman that is never left behind to come in on a following section.
First, a gate guarded by a flagman was placed at the point of most danger.
But what interested Laddie and Vi most about the flagmanwas that he wore big gold rings in his ears.
The flagman began to wave his arms and the flag, and ran toward the twins.
A Pullman coach had halted just opposite the spot where the twins and the flagman stood.
Her gaze was fastened upon the flagman who had showed such anxiety for her safety and that of Laddie.
A flagman stays there to stop people from crossing the tracks when the train is coming.
Vi, forgetting the Italian flagman and his earrings, as Russ hurried her toward the car steps.
The flagman stopped running, but still gestured to the children.
The flagman unrolled his flag, and then he looked both ways along the road that crossed the railroad.
Tobin, who was selected by Trainmaster Simms to accompany Conductor Bostick as flagman because of his well-known adherence to the rules that govern this important position.
Black had charge of the train from Harrisburg to Altoona, with Flagman J.
Three shrill whistle calls sent a sleepy flagmanracing to set the switch of the siding.
The flagman picked up his lantern and went forward; and in a minute or two later the index finger of the speed-recorder began to mount slowly toward the fifties.
But by this time the sleepy flagman was wide awake, and he jerked the switch lever for his life the moment Graham's engine had cleared the points.
Yet before the one-car train was well out of the Denver yards there was a jolting stop, and the flagman came in to report that the engine had dropped from the end of an open switch, blocking the main line.
The flagman started and had barely time to flag an extra express train, with the general superintendent and others on board, coming full forty miles an hour.
He then ordered his flagman to go ahead around the curve, which was just ahead of us, and he would follow with the train.
The fireman and flagman were on the engine, and two brakemen were asleep in the caboose.
The flagman removed his cap and scratched his head.
The flagman kicked the release lever and the door sprung upward.
Down went the trap door and the flagman turned to the other side of the platform.
The conductor ran back to the train just before the engineer "whistled in" the flagman and Bob knew that already a message was humming over the wires telling of the disappearance of Joe Hamsa, the diamond salesman.
Standing a lonely vigil in the observation car had done little to help the jumpy nerves of the flagman and he was obviously relieved when he found that the conductor had decided to help Bob in the search of the vestibule steps.
Hope you have a nice party," grinned the flagman as Bob and the conductor started forward to continue the search of the vestibule steps.
Bob replaced Tully's bag and then returned to the observation car where the flagmanwas waiting for him.
The flagman started for the back end of the train, evidently intent on checking the trap doors on the observation platform when a sharp call from Bob stopped him.
There is a flagman ahead of us, and we'll soon be on the right track.
The flagmanat the shanty one hundred feet away had evidently witnessed the tussle between the two boys.
Well, my good friend the flagman here introduced him day before yesterday, and he told me that all those little bags containing samples are thrown into a big bin and dumped into the dust heap when they're past inspection.
He said I'd have to pay toll to the gang, whatever that is, if I came around here gathering up chicken feed, and the flagman yonder has given me permission to sweep out all the cars after they have emptied at the elevators.
Neither the conductor nor the flagman said a word in answer.
Behind him was a pleased-looking flagman leading by the arm a ragged tramp who had been caught, up forward somewhere, stealing a free ride.
The conductor unfastened a tail-gate in the guard-rail, and the flagman dropped his prisoner out through the opening.
The one he had just left and the one proceeding in the same direction shut him in where there was no flagman or switches.
No one was visible in the immediate vicinity except a flagman and some loiterers about a near switch shanty.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "flagman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: lookout; monitor; sentry
