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It is an individual that has attended Signalman (SM) A-school in the United States Navy and also achieved the rank of E-4 (Petty Officer Third Class). When the rating (job) and rank are combined, one would use the term Signalman Third Class (SM3). As a side note, the rating of Signalman (SM) was merged into Quartermasters (QM) in 2003.
First class in AC
well my first impression is that he is very strange and really weird
The conclusion of "The Signalman" by Charles Dickens reveals that the haunting warnings and premonitions given to the signalman by the specter were actually hints about his own impending death in a tragic train accident. The story ends with a chilling realization of the inevitability of fate and the futility of trying to avert it.
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Who is the first person to die in the railway?
John Mathai was the first Railway Minister of India.
madras railway
It was started in 1863 by the Metropolitan Railway.
The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) in the UK, which opened in 1825, was the world's first permanent steam locomotive hauled public railway.
Not sure about male, but I found the first female Signalman was Elizabeth Nelson-Hein of Jasper, Alabama. The U.S. Navy disestablished the rating of Signalman in late 2003, reassigning visual communications duties to the Quartermaster rating. Signalmen were either absorbed into the Quartermaster rating, or allowed to switch to other job fields in the Navy. Many chose the Master-at-Arms rating, which expanded dramatically to meet the needs of the Navy in the War on Terror.
Matthew Kirtley was the first owner of the Derby Railway Factory.