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

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

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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

Station

  • Station agent
  • Station master

Revenue

  • Ticket controller (transportation)
  • Revenue Protection 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

Alphabetical

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B

  • Boilerman
  • Brakeman
  • Bridge inspector

C

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

D

  • Dispatcher
  • Train dispatching

F

  • Freight Conductor

G

  • Gandy dancer

Contents: Top – 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

L

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

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

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