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