1
: a freight or passenger train crew member who inspects the train and assists the conductor
2
: the member of a bobsled team who operates the brake
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That Wednesday in February, Jones was the fastest brakeman in an in-house national team competition and evaluations at the OPTC and had been named to Team USA’s top sled for the World Championships the following week in Lake Placid.
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Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
He’s been a busboy, a railroad brakeman, a garbage man; he’s worked in a chemical plant and in a box factory.
—Edward Hirsch, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
Meyers Taylor is a four-time Olympian and three-time medalist, winning silvers as a driver in 2014 and 2018 and a bronze as a brakeman in 2010.
—USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
The crew of the 40-car train included an engineer, a conductor, a brakeman and a conductor trainee.
—Josh Funk, ajc, 18 Apr. 2023
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Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
He’s been a busboy, a railroad brakeman, a garbage man; he’s worked in a chemical plant and in a box factory.
—Edward Hirsch, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
Meyers Taylor is a four-time Olympian and three-time medalist, winning silvers as a driver in 2014 and 2018 and a bronze as a brakeman in 2010.
—USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
The crew of the 40-car train included an engineer, a conductor, a brakeman and a conductor trainee.
—Josh Funk, ajc, 18 Apr. 2023
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“Brakeman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brakeman. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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brakeman
noun
brake·man
ˈbrāk-mən 
: a member of a train crew who inspects the train and assists the conductor
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