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The Switchman (Original title: El Guardagujas) is an existentialist short story by Mexican writer Juan José Arreola. The short story was originally published
The_Switchman
Rail transport worker role
A switchman (North America) also known as pointsman (British Isles) or yardman (Commonwealth) is a rail transport worker whose original job was to operate
Switchman
Thought experiment in ethics
to undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin in 1905. In this variation, the railway's switchman controlled the switch, and the lone individual to be
Trolley_problem
productions. After appearing in several films, including the teen comedy Just One of the Girls (1993), and the television film Serving in Silence (1995), Parker
List of Molly Parker performances
List_of_Molly_Parker_performances
Mexican national hero (1881–1907)
children. At the age of 17 he got a job with Moctezuma Copper Company, but due to his age, he was made a water boy. He was promoted to switchman, then to
Jesús_García
drunkard (tippler), switchman and merchant characters; the removal of a great deal of the narration from the aviator; significant changes to the rose scenes;
The_Little_Prince_(play)
"Blame the Switchman? Russian Railways Restructuring After Ten Years," working paper, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2011. Blame the Switchman
Rail_transport_in_Russia
American intercity passenger rail operator
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (/ˈæmtræk/; reporting marks AMTK, AMTZ), is the national passenger railroad company
Amtrak
1905 film
The Train Wreckers is a 1905 American silent drama film, directed by Edwin S. Porter. In the film, the daughter of a railway switchman and lover of a locomotive
The_Train_Wreckers
Canadian actor and narrator (1928–2018)
rail yard switchman and his mother was a nurse. His parents emigrated to Canada from Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated with a B.A. from the University
Douglas_Rain
2013 novel by Yu Hua
reserved man born on a moving train. He was adopted by a young switchman and raised with love. At the age of 41, Yang died in a gas explosion in a restaurant
The_Seventh_Day_(novel)
NKVD director under Joseph Stalin (1895–1940)
in a military band, and after being demobilized, he worked as railroad switchman and forest warden. On further questioning, he acknowledged his father
Nikolai_Yezhov
American actor (1894–1974)
singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940), making him the only person
Walter_Brennan
1943 novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
heart, not the eyes. The prince then met two people from Earth: A railway switchman who described how passengers constantly rushed from one place to another
The_Little_Prince
American baseball player (1878-1937)
a middle initial only) remained his legal name; the card listed his occupation as a railroad switchman, aged 40, married, and living in his hometown of
Nig_Fuller
Eyewitness to President Kennedy assassination (1925–1966)
hospital and convalescent home. On the day of the JFK assassination, Bowers was a railroad switchman working in the Union Terminal Company's two-story
Lee_Bowers
American mass murderer (1941–1991)
before she was married, and her husband Gene worked nights as a railroad switchman. Speck told them an unbelievable story about having to leave Monmouth
Richard_Speck
American baseball player (1932–2009)
World Series Championship team. He was nicknamed "The Switchman" for his ability to "turn out the lights" on opposing batters. Born on August 24, 1932
Hal_Woodeshick
State, with the turnout of valid ballots cast on election day at 28%. Jeffrey Burns – general contractor Bill Chambers – railroad switchman Robert C. Newman
2006 California gubernatorial election
2006_California_gubernatorial_election
1971 film directed by Robert Butler
Wendell Iris Adrian as Mavis Larry D. Mann as Bartender Jack Raine as Switchman Booth Colman as Governor Murray Edward Faulkner as Hillary Bill Zuckert
Scandalous_John
1956 film by Francis D. Lyon
as Alex, a Confederate soldier singing on troop train W.S. Bearden as Switchman Harvey Hester as Jess McIntyre Chuck Roberson as Confederate Prison Captain
The_Great_Locomotive_Chase
Forklift operator, Generator, Pump or Compressor plant operator, Signalman, Switchman, Conveyor operator, Fireman, Skiploader operator, Helicopter radioman
List_of_construction_trades
Jamaican-Canadian actor (born 1969)
in the 1990s playing guest roles in such series as Street Justice, The X-Files, Sliders, Stargate SG-1, Highlander: The Series, Relic Hunter, The 4400
Roger_Cross
Canadian television actor
Children, as Storm Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful, and as Julian Jerome on General Hospital. He is also known for roles in the Earth: Final Conflict,
William_deVry
2009 studio album by Jason Molina and Will Johnson
Canadian. The cover art for the album was taken from a photograph by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information: Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating
Molina_and_Johnson
1934 film by Harry Beaumont
Walter Brennan as Switchman Raymond Brown as Bertillion Man James P. Burtis as Switchman Jack Cheatham as Foreman Ray Corrigan as Naba the Gorilla Sterling
Murder_in_the_Private_Car
American marine (1890–1951)
Fredericksburgh, Ontario, after the Revolution. Diamond worked as a railroad switchman before enlisting in the Marine Corps following the American entry into World
Lou_Diamond
this remains the most recent time the governor's office in California has changed partisan control. Bill Chambers, railroad switchman Douglas Hughes
2010 California gubernatorial election
2010_California_gubernatorial_election
This is a list of episodes for the television series The Sentinel. The Sentinel at IMDb The Sentinel at epguides.com
List_of_The_Sentinel_episodes
It was used in the Bell System principally as a Class 5 telephone switch in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) until the early 1990s, when
Number Five Crossbar Switching System
Number_Five_Crossbar_Switching_System
Canadian athlete (1958–1981)
across the country. Terrance Stanley Fox was born on July 28, 1958, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Rolland and Betty Fox. Rolland was a switchman for the Canadian
Terry_Fox
Train collision in 2018 in Turkey
that he "ordered the switchman to put the high-speed train on track H1 as the locomotive was on track H2". He added that "the switchman did not confirm
Marşandiz_train_collision
1913 film
Walthall as The Switchman Claire McDowell as The Switchman's Wife Marion Emmons as The Switchman's Son Lionel Barrymore as First Counterfeiter Charles
The_Switch_Tower
Fail-safe power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium
to the cut, as well as the check for brake pipe continuity. When a train is equipped with an ETD, the switchman relocates it to the last car of the remaining
Railway_air_brake
The Haunting Hour: The Series is an original anthology horror-fantasy series that originally aired on Discovery Family. The first two episodes of the
List of The Haunting Hour: The Series episodes
List_of_The_Haunting_Hour:_The_Series_episodes
American billionaire and businessman
a railroad switchman, a roustabout in an oil field, and as a caddie. He attended Santa Barbara High School, where he was captain of the golf team. He
Charles_R._Schwab
American film and television actor
(uncredited) I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) - Switchman (uncredited) Storm Center (1956) - Bill the Elevator Operator (uncredited) The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) - Doctor
George_Selk
American jazz, swing, and bluegrass Fiddler (1928–2005)
trades, being employed briefly at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as a plumber, in a Georgia paper mill, and as switchman for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Vassar_Clements
American mother of Marilyn Monroe (1902–1984)
her house. She married a second time to Lyle Arthur Graves, a railway switchman supervisor at Pacific Electric, on March 7, 1912. They lived in Los Angeles
Gladys_Pearl_Baker
Former governor James Dougherty, Switchman Joseph A. Ryan Harry H. Peterson, Former Minnesota Attorney General and judge on the Minnesota Supreme Court (DFL)
1950 Minnesota gubernatorial election
1950_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election
American animated television series
from Parthenon (in "The Giants of Doom"), Space Pirate (in "Sinbad and the Space Pirates"), Subway Switchman (in "Conquerors of the Future"), Likan (in
Challenge_of_the_Superfriends
Soviet sea captain (1908–1999)
near Vladivostok in a family of a railway switchman. In 1925 she entered the navigation department of the Vladivostok Marine School (Russian: Владивостокский
Anna_Shchetinina
1979 crash with two fatalities
as a switchman by the ICG on November 26, 1952, and was promoted to engine foreman on June 13, 1953, then to yardmaster around 1967. Switchman Gregory
Harvey, Illinois, train collision
Harvey,_Illinois,_train_collision
Watkins, Switchman and resident of Minneapolis J. A. A. Burnquist, 19th Governor of Minnesota (1915–1921), former state Representative from the 33rd HD
1928 United States Senate election in Minnesota
1928_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota
Major railway and metro station in Japan
members of the Imperial Family. On November 4, 1921, Prime Minister Hara Takashi was stabbed to death by an 18-year-old right-wing railway switchman in front
Tokyo_Station
was a railroad switchman in Cleveland, Ohio when he was hit by a train and lost both arms. He attended law school and was admitted to the bar in 1908. In
David_Moylan
Locomotive powered by a diesel engine
and a conductor/switchman) and the operating environment is much more attractive, being quieter, fully weatherproof and without the dirt and heat that
Diesel_locomotive
through the rail yard. The passenger train then collided with the other engine, which was stationary on the side track. Lawrence Mahoney, the switchman, said
Canadian_National_242
Railway network spanning Russia
Bashkir switchman near the town Ust' Katav on the Yuryuzan River between Ufa and Chelyabinsk in the Ural Mountains region, c. 1910 View from the rear platform
Trans-Siberian_Railway
Prime Minister of Japan from 1918 to 1921
to death by Nakaoka Kon'ichi [ja], a right-wing nationalist railroad switchman, at Tokyo Station while catching a train to Kyoto for a party conference
Hara_Takashi
Liberal trend in Japanese society (1905–1932)
death by Nakaoka Kon'ichi, a 19-year-old right-wing railway switchman, at Tokyo Station. The assassin, motivated by accusations of corruption and perceived
Taishō_Democracy
American railroad executive
career as a switchman/brakeman in 1963 for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in his hometown of Atchison, Kansas. In 1970 he went to work for the Atchison,
Mike_Haverty
assassinations which took place on the continent of Asia. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder
List of assassinations in Asia
List_of_assassinations_in_Asia
worked as a switchman for the Canadian National Railways before following his brother, Mal Isaac, and brother-in-law, John Badham, into the field of broadcasting
Dale_Isaac
1960 film
Tumanov. A modest guy, a drilling geologist, loves the beautiful and provocative switchman Zina. The faithful and boundless love of Alyosha gradually awakens
Alyosha's_Love
2023 train collision in Greece, killing 57 people
only on this track the electrification had been restored. Just before the train entered Larissa station, the switchman returned the train to its correct
Tempi_train_crash
Research and scientific development company
own diagnostic software that needed only a switchman and several frame technicians to maintain. About 1970, the coax-22 cable was developed by Bell Labs
Bell_Labs
American politician
was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Mace was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He eventually became a switchman and switch foreman on the Great Northern
James_S._Mace
Person controlling the movement of trains
as such, but is also known under other names, including Leverman and Switchman. At some locations, a Station master or Porter performs signalling duties
Rail_signaller
American pastor (1934–2023)
which improved later. His father had served in the military as a young man and worked as a switchman for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hayford's mother
Jack_W._Hayford
direction for a while, and then reverses again to continue in the original direction Switchman A railroad worker responsible for assembling trains and switching
Glossary of rail transport terms
Glossary_of_rail_transport_terms
American political activist (died 1928)
Ireland and he lost his right leg when he was 13. He had substituted for a switchman who was off on a post-payday drunk, at a coal mine in Braidwood, Illinois
George_E._Brennan
The list of worker deaths in United States labor disputes captures known incidents of fatal labor-related violence in U.S. labor history, which began
List of worker deaths in United States labor disputes
List_of_worker_deaths_in_United_States_labor_disputes
Metra train station in Harvey, Illinois, United States
155th Street, Commercial Avenue, and 156th Street. On the evening of October 12, 1979, a switchman incorrectly aligned a switch in front of an oncoming
Harvey_station_(Illinois)
American businessperson, public servant, inventor and politician
Indiana, where he worked in the railroad industry. He was a switchman and a dispatcher. Circa 1907, he worked as a motorman on the Martinsville-Indianapolis
Alvan_V._Burch
Folk legend of Port Tampa, Florida
roustabout, switchman or longshoreman employed by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in Port Tampa, Florida. According to the legend, Ole Pete was the strongest
Ole_Pete
Former trade union of the United States
When one switchman would be fired for insubordination, all the others in the shop would quit, in accord with a previously agreed upon plan. The railway
American_Railway_Union
1977 train collision in GDR
switchman was on duty, who was informed of the required route setting by the train dispatcher over the phone and reported the correct position of the
Lebus_train_collision
American socialist
switchman and politician who served one term as mayor of Lackawanna, New York. He was Lackawanna's first Socialist mayor, elected in the midst of the
John_H._Gibbons_(mayor)
American railroad heroine and teacher
refuted over the years. Her mother died in 1909. Although there were apparently men interested in Shelley, supposedly including the switchman in the yard at
Kate_Shelley
American actor (1908–1955)
Rebel City (1953) as Captain Ramsey The Country Girl (1954) as Paul Unger The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) as A Switchman (posthumous release; final film
Robert_Kent_(actor)
American politician (1908–2006)
timekeeper, switchman, brakeman and conductor, before serving with the Army Air Forces during World War II. He was a yardmaster for the Southern Pacific
Al_Alquist
American photographer and manager (1945–2014)
24, 1945, in or near Louisville, Kentucky, to Ova Childers, a railroad switchman, and Harriet Black, who later went by Kathlyn Black Stone. He had two
Leee_Black_Childers
Mexican writer, academic, and actor (1918–2001)
published "The Switchman" (El Guardagujas). In 1959 he was the founding director of the Casa del Lago, the first off-campus Cultural Center of the National
Juan_José_Arreola
Iranian filmmaker (1944–1998)
Still Life (1974) explores the monotony in the life of an old railway switchman – a film that won many prizes, including one at the 1974 Berlinale. In 1975
Sohrab_Shahid-Saless
American labor union leader, politician and attorney (1849–1924)
him deaf in one ear. At the age of 13 he began work for the railroad as a switchman with the Delaware and Hudson Railway, before becoming a car examiner
Terence_V._Powderly
Ukrainian bureaucrat and politician (1946–2004)
May 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2025. "New switchman of Transportation Ministry". ForUm. 11 May 2002. Archived from the original on 30 December 2004. Retrieved
Heorhiy_Kirpa
Czech serial killer
became a switchman at České dráhy, but continued engaging in prostitution, later drugging and robbing her clients. In 1996, she was arrested for the death
Jaroslava_Fabiánová
Soviet and Russian actor and physicist (1939–2021)
Fools as Karlusha 2008 — Plus One as episode 2009 — Anna Karenina as switchman 2011 — Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman as whacky 2013 — Bombila
Vladimir_Fyodorov_(actor)
American actor and comedian (1886–1971)
Railroad Switchman (uncredited) The Hoodlum Saint (1946) – Cop (uncredited) Two Sisters from Boston (1946) – Street Cleaner (uncredited) She Wrote the Book
Chester_Conklin
Railway incident in Sweden
report states that a switchman had secured the "dead man's switch" in its depressed position with a foreign object, leaving the train stationary with
2013_Saltsjöbanan_train_crash
Model of diesel-electric locomotive
difficult for the brakeman or switchman to move from one point on the locomotive to another during switching operations. Finally, although the industrial
EMD_BL2
Intermodal hub in Washington, D.C.
to apply the trainline brakes two miles out of the platforms, he discovered that he only had engine brakes. A switchman on the approach to the station
Washington_Union_Station
American politician
and switchman. Mead later worked for the Pullman Company as a mechanic on sleep car dynamos. He was subsequently employed as a switchman on the Erie
James_M._Mead
American politician (born 1957)
in numerous positions, including as a yard switchman, road trainman, and commuter conductor. He served as the United Transportation Union's State Legislative
Joseph_C._Szabo
mate: Phil Ratté, perennial candidate Jon Hillson, St. Paul railroad switchman (Socialist Workers) Running mate: Leah Finger John Marty, state senator
1994 Minnesota gubernatorial election
1994_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election
He is credited with being the first moral philosopher to use a variant of the now famous trolley problem in which a switchman must choose between saving
Frank_Chapman_Sharp
Iranian writer, poet, film director and screenwriter
the Knight Errant) (1974–75) Ghobaar-e-Nour (Dust of the Light) (1997–98) Mantegh-ot-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds) (1999) Soozanbaan (Switchman)
Mohammad_Reza_Aslani
Canadian television series
"The Newcomers", "Paul Tomkowicz – Street Railway Switchman", "People of the Skeena", "Peter and the Potter", "Salt from the Earth", "Shadow on the Prairies"
About_Canada
Russian chemist and photographer (1863–1944)
1910 Bashkir switchman near Ust-Katav, 1910 Woman in traditional dress standing on rug in front of yurt, 1911 Nomadic Kyrgyz family on the Mirzachoʻl Steppe
Sergey_Prokudin-Gorsky
American politician (1931–2019)
Minnesota. Pellow worked as a switchman for the Great Northern Railroad. He served in the United States Navy reserve and went to the Minneapolis Vocational School
Dick_Pellow
Georgian politician
he was named as one of the candidates for the 2013 UNM presidential nomination. After working as an electrician and a switchman in Tbilisi for years, Malashkhia
Shota_Malashkhia
American politician (1892–1954)
member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and then worked as a railroad switchman to put himself through dental school at Saint Louis University. After
Lester_C._Hunt
Railway station in Devon, England
station. On 22 August 1851, the locomotive Brigand was derailed and Switchman Bidgood had to pay one pound towards its repairs. The investigation into a collision
Newton_Abbot_railway_station
American labor strike
charged with the crime on the evidence of an informer. On April 8 a striker named John Gibbons was fatally shot by a "non-union switchman and private watchman"
Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886
Great_Southwest_railroad_strike_of_1886
Dutch train collision in 1874
through the media for trains to be equipped with necessary escape tools. Additionally, questions arose about whether a switchman should be the sole individual
1874_Warmond_train_accident
US Army officer, civil engineer, lawyer and railway official (1867–1927)
worked as freight brakeman, switchman, yardmaster, emergency conductor, chief clerk to superintendent, and trainmaster. When the Spanish–American War began
Charles_DeLano_Hine
Award
The second year of the festival was hosted by Michigan State University. That year – same as the last edition – the festival received films in the four
Globe International Silent Film Festival
Globe_International_Silent_Film_Festival
English actor (1897–1979)
(uncredited) The Killing of Sister George (1968) – Deputy Commissioner Hello, Dolly! (1969) – Elderly Man (uncredited) Scandalous John (1971) – Switchman Bedknobs
Jack_Raine
Village in New York, United States
1900s, Member of Lodge 56 and Master Switchman then later Grand Master of Lodge 115 in Jersey City, New Jersey of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association
Piermont,_New_York
THE SWITCHMAN
THE SWITCHMAN
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THI means "poem."
Male
Native American
Native American Navajo name TSE means "rock."
Boy/Male
Greek American German
God given.
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THU means "autumn."
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Tye.
Male
English
Short form of English Theodore, THEO means "gift of God," and other names beginning with Theo-.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Middle English thewe ‘thrall’, ‘slave’ (Old English þēow).
Girl/Female
Greek
Untamed.
Female
Greek
 Short form of Greek and Latin Dorothea, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Female
English
 Pet form of English Theodora, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Boy/Male
Native American
Rock.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Modern, Tamil
Nil
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : topographic name for someone who lived by a common pasture, Middle English tye (Old English tēag).North German : from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Gift of God
Girl/Female
Finnish, German, Greek
Gift of God
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend American Hebrew Spanish
Arthur's brother.
THE SWITCHMAN
THE SWITCHMAN
Girl/Female
Australian, German
Gray Fighting Maid; Strong
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Bestower of Success; Lord Ganpathi
Boy/Male
Muslim
Noble, Famous, Eminent, Outstanding
Girl/Female
Gaelic Irish
A Gaelic name of unknown meaning.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Great Philanthropist
Girl/Female
British, Christian, English, Latin
Light; Little Light
Male
Native American
Native American Cheyenne name HEVATANEO means "hairy rope."
Girl/Female
Muslim
Radiance
Boy/Male
Hindu
The king of Mithila, Janak, Father of Sita (King of Mithila, Father of Goddess Sita)
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Correct; Right
THE SWITCHMAN
THE SWITCHMAN
THE SWITCHMAN
THE SWITCHMAN
THE SWITCHMAN
pron.
The objective case of thou. See Thou.
v. t.
See Tie, the proper orthography.
n.
The parson bird.
pron.
The objective case of they. See They.
pron.
Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
def. art.
The.
n.
The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.
v. t.
A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.
n.
A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.
definite article.
A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
obj.
The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
obj.
This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of.
n.
Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.
n.
One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.
adv.
By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
v. i.
See Thee.
v. t.
To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.
n.
The nodule of earth from which the ball is struck in golf.
n.
The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.