List of railway industry occupations

A railroad section gang — including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers — responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway. One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917

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

By sector

Station mistress at Padbury railway station

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

Maintenance of way

Trackwomen, 1943. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
  • 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

C

D

E

F

G

L

P

R

S

T

See also

References

  1. ^ "Train Crew". Union Pacific Careers.
  2. ^ Esbester, Mike (October 3, 2022). "Scottish redcaps". Railway Work, Life & Death. Retrieved April 18, 2024.

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