List of railway industry occupations explained

This is a list of railway industry occupations, but it also includes transient functional job titles according to activity.^[1]

By sector

Engineering

• Chief Mechanical Engineer
• Locomotive Superintendent (Chief Mechanical Engineer)
• Manager (Guard)

Station

• 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

• Ticket controller
• Revenue Protection Inspector
• Ticket inspector

Operations

• Train dispatcher
• Dispatcher
• Freight Conductor
• Signalman

Management

• Road foreman of engines

Maintenance of way

See main article: Maintenance of way.

• 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

B

• Boilerman
• Brakeman
• Bridge inspector
• Bridge tender

C

• Chief Mechanical Engineer
• Chief fireman
• Conductor
• Carmen

D

• Dispatcher
• Train dispatching

E

• Engine driver

F

• Fettler: Railway Maintenance Worker
• Fireman
• Flagman
• Freight Conductor

G

• Ganger
• Geoff
• Geotechnical Engineer

L

• Length runner
• Locomotive Superintendent (Chief Mechanical Engineer)
• Locomotive engineer

P

• Platelayer
• Porter

R

• Railroad engineer (engine driver)
• Railway lubricator
• Redcap Boy^[2]
• Revenue Protection Inspector
• Road foreman of engines

S

• Section gang
• Secondman
• Signal maintainer
• Signalman
• Station agent
• Station master

T

• Track foreman

See also

• Rail transport operations
• Lists of occupations

External links

• Railroad Workers : Occupational Outlook Handbook

Notes and References

1. Web site: Train Crew . Union Pacific Careers.
2. Web site: Esbester . Mike . 2022-10-03 . Scottish redcaps . 2024-04-18 . Railway Work, Life & Death . en-US.