English Dictionary

signal lad

名詞

イギリス英語

(rail transport, UK) A young man employed in a signalbox to record the times of trains as they pass through the area served by the signalbox.

日本語の意味

鉄道信号所において、電車が通過する際の時刻などを記録するために雇われた若い男性

The signal lad sat in the shadowed signalbox, carefully recording each train's passing time in his logbook.

信号場の若い係員は薄暗い信号箱に座り、各列車の通過時刻を注意深く日誌に記録していた。

意味（1）

(rail transport, UK) A young man employed in a signalbox to record the times of trains as they pass through the area served by the signalbox.

Signal lads are employed at the panel-operated boxes to record train times. A small replica of the track diagram with simplified track circuit indications and the general circuit telephone concentrators are incorporated in their desk, as here at Tonbridge.

signal lads （ plural ）