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air jammer - worker who connects air hoses and air signals between coupled cars
ash eater - Slang. fireman
baggageman - person who handles passenger luggage
baggage master - person who supervises baggage room at terminal
bakehead - Slang. fireman
boilermaker - person who assembles and maintains boilers
boomer - Slang. itinerant railroad worker
brakeman - person who operates train brakes; roughneck
brotherhood - railroad workers’ union, esp. one of Big Four: engineers, firemen, conductors, trainmen
butch - Slang. person who peddles snacks and newspapers to passengers
car inspector - person who checks for defects in cars
chief clerk - person who handles correspondence, accounts, and paperwork
conductor - person who supervises train crew and collects passenger fares; person in charge of street railway
crew - track workers and trainmen
dispatcher - person who manages train movements, schedules, and track assignments
electric owl - Slang. night operator
end man - rear brakeman
engine driver - Chiefly Brit. engineer
engineer - person trained to operate locomotive and drive train
field man - yard brakeman
fireman - person who shovels coal into firebox and puts water in boiler to maintain steam level; apprentice to engineer who works with him in cab
flagman - person who gives signals at designated sites
floater - Slang. migratory railroad worker
gripman - porter
guard - Chiefly Brit. conductor; elevated or subway brakeman
head brakeman - brakeman at front of train who opens and closes switches, takes on water, and acts as flagman
hoghead - Slang. engineer
hop - Slang. porter
hostler - roundhouse or terminal engine maintenance worker
lineman - track inspector who reports damage to section gang
news butch - Slang. peddler on passenger trains who moves down aisle with candy, fruit, drinks, snacks, and newspapers
parlor brakeman - rear brakeman in caboose on freight train
paymaster - railroad employee who travels about paying salaries
pin lifter - Slang. yard brakeman or switchman
pin puller - Slang. yard switchman
porter - passenger baggage carrier at terminal; sleeping car attendant; gripman; hop; redcap
railroader - one who works on railroad
redcap - porter
roughneck - Slang. brakeman
roundhouse mechanic - engine service and maintenance worker in yard roundhouse
section boss - foreman of section gang; warden
section gang - group of section men who weed right of way, replace ties, reballast, and repair tracks
section man - worker who maintains certain section of track
signal maintainer - person who operates and services signals located at distance from depot
signal man - operator of railroad signals
smoke agent - Slang. fireman
spiker - worker who drives spikes when laying rails
stationmaster - operations supervisor at depot or terminal
steel gang - Slang. crew that lays rails
steward - passenger train crewman who manages provisioning of food and serves passengers
stoker - fireman
switchman - operator of switches that run cars from one track to another, either manually or electrically
telegraph operator - person who sends messages over telegraph lines from yard or depot to train
ticket agent - person in station or railroad office who sells passenger tickets
train captain - former term for conductor
trainman - member of train crew supervised by conductor
trainmaster - person who maintains schedules and operates switch yards
warden - section boss
watchman - safety inspector, esp. in shack at junction of two tracks
wrecking crew - relief crew
yard clerk - assistant at yard office
yardman - yardmaster
yardmaster - supervisor of operations in railroad yard; yardman