switchman
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thumb|A 1943 color photograph of a switchman at work at the Chicago and North Western Railway's Proviso Yard in [[Chicago.]] thumb|right|200px|A Russian switchman on the Trans-Siberian Railway, photographed by [[Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky between 1905 and 1915.]] thumb|The grave of John Cook, pointsman, Corstorphine, Edinburgh A switchman (North America) also known as pointsman (British Isles) or yardman (Commonwealth) is a rail transport worker whose original job was to operate various railway switches or points on a railroad. It also refers to a person who assists in moving cars in a railway yar
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It is catalogued under the topic Railway occupations.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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thumb|A 1943 color photograph of a switchman at work at the Chicago and North Western Railway's Proviso Yard in [[Chicago.]] thumb|right|200px|A Russian switchman on the Trans-Siberian Railway, photographed by [[Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky between 1905 and 1915.]] thumb|The grave of John Cook, pointsman, Corstorphine, Edinburgh A switchman (North America) also known as pointsman (British Isles) or yardman (Commonwealth) is a rail transport worker whose original job was to operate various railway switches or points on a railroad. It also refers to a person who assists in moving cars in a railway yard or terminal.
==History==
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