List of railway industry occupations

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

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By sector

Engineering

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

Train

• Railroad engineer (engine driver)
• Boilerman
• Chief fireman
• Conductor (transportation)
• Secondman
• Brakeman
• Guard

Station

• Station agent
• Station master
• Porter
• Assistant Station Master

Revenue

• Ticket controller (transportation)
• Revenue Protection Inspector
• Ticket inspector

Operations

• Train dispatcher
• Dispatcher
• Freight Conductor
• Signalman (rail)

Management

• Road foreman of engines

Maintenance of way

• Bridge inspector
• Gandy dancer
• Length runner
• Railway lubricator
• Section gang
• Signal maintainer
• Track inspector
• Traquero
• Platelayer
• Navvy (navigator)

Alphabetical

B

• Boilerman
• Brakeman
• Bridge inspector

C

• Chief Mechanical Engineer
• Chief fireman
• Conductor (transportation)

D

• Dispatcher
• Train dispatching

F

• Freight Conductor

G

• Gandy dancer

L

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

P

• Platelayer

R

• Railroad engineer (engine driver)
• Railway lubricator
• Revenue Protection Inspector
• Road foreman of engines

S

• Section gang
• Secondman
• Signal maintainer
• Signalman (rail)
• Station agent
• Station master

T

• Ticket controller (transportation)
• Track inspector
• Train dispatcher
• Traquero