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Roger:
Railroaders occasionally use the word "man" as a synonym
for train or yard assignment.  Example:  Norfolk & Portsmouth
Belt Line operated a  train from their Berkley Yard to the C&O
at Sewells Point (Norfolk).  After receiving cars for C&O delivery
from all carriers on Norfolk Terminal, the Belt Line run would leave
Berkley about 9:30 PM and dump everything on the C&O
before the stroke of midnight.  It was known as "the per diem
man".  Per diem, of course, was the once-a-day rental  railroads
paid for foreign line cars on their line at midnight.  Harry Bundy
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