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2. Conductor (rail) - Wikipedia

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   In North America, the conductor manages a freight, passenger, or other type of train, and directly supervises the train crew, which can include a brakeman, flagman, ticket collector, assistant conductor, and on board service personnel, and is responsible for the movement of the train. The engineer (driver) takes direction from the conductor.

3. List of railway industry occupations - Wikipedia

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   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]

4. Freight conductor - Wikipedia

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   Freight conductors are limited to no more than 12 hours on duty by the Federal Railroad Administration, which is the federal agency assigned to monitor railroad activity, and ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations regarding the movement of freight over rail. Freight conductors in USA typically work 45 to 60 hours per ...

5. Train driver - Wikipedia

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   DSB train driver in 1987 Czech steam locomotive driver The cab of a New South Wales Xplorer diesel multiple unit Inside the train driver's cab of a German ICE train Women railway shunters, England, c. 1915 –1920. A train driver is a person who operates a train, railcar, or other rail transport vehicle. The driver is in charge of and is ...

6. Brakeman - Wikipedia

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   A brakeman is a rail transport worker whose original job was to assist the braking of a train by applying brakes on individual wagons. [1] The advent of through brakes, brakes on every wagon which could be controlled by the driver, made this role redundant, although the name lives on, for example, in the United States where brakemen carry out a variety of functions both on the track and within ...

7. Pullman porter - Wikipedia

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   Their job was to carry passengers’ baggage, shine shoes, set up and maintain the sleeping berths, and serve passengers. Pullman porters served American railroads from the late 1860s until the Pullman Company ceased its United States operations on December 31, 1968, though some sleeping-car porters continued working on cars operated by the ...