One came sometimes in the hospitals of the city, which I visited regularly, on stray Englishmen of another class-an injured railwayman, perhaps, or a sick sailor from a British ship, who were glad enough, even if not Catholics, of a friendly visit from a countryman.
"A New Medley of Memories"
David Hunter-Blair
He had the advantage of being a railwayman.
"Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland"
Joseph Tatlow
He vanishes from the story at this point, in a discharge of Parthian shafts by Tommy the young railwayman, not very energetically returned, as if he thought the contest not worth prolonging.
"When Ghost Meets Ghost"
William Frend De Morgan