| They were expected to be acute to whatever activity came into view: errant citizens, their wayward vehicles and animals, switchmen on the ground, approaching trains or other rails full of boxcars. |
| The junior switchmen lived in bewilderment. |
| In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc. |
| Fyodorov was now in charge of a number of switches and the junior switchmen who operated them. |
| The alarm was passed along the line, and switchmen finally succeeded in switching the convoy on a siding. |
| Crucial to the success of any boycott would be the switchmen, who had joined the ARU in large numbers. |
