noun. A superintendent or supervisor of an American U.S. freight railroad. The trainmaster is responsible for enforcing policies of the rail company, for train movements, locomotive assignments, crew assignments, personnel management, discipline, derailments and more. In the past, trainmasters were promoted brakemen or conductors who retained their union seniority.

noun. a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard

"There were six locomotive engineers, six locomotive firemen, one master of transportation, forty-five conductors, a superintendent of tolls, nineteen collectors, one trainmaster, four train dispatchers, four yardmen, and five switchmen."

dispatcher  railroad man  railroader  railway man  railwayman  

al-sadr  cataloguer  directress  forwarder  gang-boss  

taskmaster  toastmaster  trimester