train dispatcher
noun
: a railroad employee who directs the movement of trains within a division and coordinates their movement from one division to another
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Just after 9 am on December 6, 1917, in Halifax, mustachioed 45-year-old train dispatcher Vincent Coleman knew the lazy plume of smoke coming from the explosive-laden vessel in Halifax harbor was a terrifying portent of worse to come.
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Rachel Lance, Wired, 6 Aug. 2020
At one train terminal, every train dispatcher had fallen ill, leaving supervisors to take their place.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
Wendt also thanked the train dispatchers and 911 dispatchers in Kenton County who helped.
—Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com, 6 July 2018
Supervisors weren’t confirming that workers were following procedure, and track workers weren’t given vital pieces of equipment that would have warned a train dispatcher that there were men on the tracks.
—Jason Laughlin, Philly.com, 30 Jan. 2018
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Rachel Lance, Wired, 6 Aug. 2020
At one train terminal, every train dispatcher had fallen ill, leaving supervisors to take their place.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
Wendt also thanked the train dispatchers and 911 dispatchers in Kenton County who helped.
—Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com, 6 July 2018
Supervisors weren’t confirming that workers were following procedure, and track workers weren’t given vital pieces of equipment that would have warned a train dispatcher that there were men on the tracks.
—Jason Laughlin, Philly.com, 30 Jan. 2018
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“Train dispatcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/train%20dispatcher. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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