train dispatcher

noun

Definition of train dispatcher

: a railroad employee who directs the movement of trains within a division and coordinates their movement from one division to another

Examples of train dispatcher in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wendt also thanked the train dispatchers and 911 dispatchers in Kenton County who helped. Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com, "Boy rescued from Norfolk Southern train in Crescent Springs," 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, "Amtrak worker fired for 2016 Chester derailment sues," 30 Jan. 2018

First Known Use of train dispatcher

1855, in the meaning defined above

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