List of railway industry occupations
This is a list of railway industry occupations, but it also includes transient functional job titles according to activity.[1]
By sector
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Engineering
[edit]- Chief Mechanical Engineer
- Locomotive Superintendent (Chief Mechanical Engineer)
- Manager (Guard)
Station
[edit]- Station agent
- Senior Station Superintendent
- Station Superintendent
- Deputy Station Superintendent
- Selected Station Master
- Senior Station Master
- Junior Station master
- Deputy Station Master
- Assistant Station Master
- Pointsman
- Porter
Revenue
[edit]Operations
[edit]Management
[edit]Maintenance of way
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- Bridge inspector
- Gandy dancer
- Length runner
- Railway lubricator
- Section gangs
- Signal maintainer
- Track inspector
- Traquero
- Platelayer
- Navvy (navigator)
- Track foreman
- Structure Maintainer
- Lighting Maintainer
- Escalator and Elevator Maintainer
- Electronic Equipment Maintainer
- Telephone Maintainer
- Turnstiles Maintainer
- Mechanical Maintainer Group "C"
- Mechanical Maintainer Group "B"
- Power Maintainer
Alphabetical
[edit]B
[edit]C
[edit]D
[edit]E
[edit]F
[edit]- Fettler: Railway Maintenance Worker
- Fireman
- Flagman
- Freight Conductor
G
[edit]- Ganger
- Geoff
- Geotechnical Engineer
L
[edit]- Length runner
- Locomotive Superintendent (Chief Mechanical Engineer)
- Locomotive engineer
P
[edit]R
[edit]- Railroad engineer (engine driver)
- Railway lubricator
- Redcap Boy[2]
- Revenue Protection Inspector
- Road foreman of engines
S
[edit]T
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Train Crew". Union Pacific Careers.
- ^ Esbester, Mike (October 3, 2022). "Scottish redcaps". Railway Work, Life & Death. Retrieved April 18, 2024.