locoman

1. (rail transport, dated) Someone who works on a locomotive.Examples: "The evidence which I propose to give will deal with safety and health questions concerning all grades of enginemen, boilermen, and locomen […]"; "The Lancashire Tradesmen's Association organises craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workmen on the surface other than the manipulators of coal, enginemen, boilermen and locomen; it also organises skilled craftsmen underground, although some craftsmen are organised by the Lancashire Area, which seeks to organise all underground workers including craftsmen."; "As an ex-locoman of the steam days between 1954 and 1968, I would like to set right a misconception that is prevalent in some areas of the steam locomotive preservation movement."dated