List of railway industry occupations

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 . (August 2008)

By sector[]

Engineering[]

• Chief Mechanical Engineer
• Locomotive Superintendent (Chief Mechanical Engineer)
• Manager (Guard)

Station[]

• Station agent
• Pointsman
• Porter

Revenue[]

• Ticket controller
• Revenue Protection Inspector
• Ticket inspector

Operations[]

• Train dispatcher
• Dispatcher
• Freight Conductor
• Signalman

Management[]

• Road foreman of engines

Maintenance of way[]

• Gandy dancer
• Traquero
• Platelayer
• Navvy (navigator)
• Track foreman

Alphabetical[]

B[]

• Boilerman
• Brakeman
• Bridge tender

C[]

• Chief Mechanical Engineer
• Chief fireman
• Conductor
• Carmen

D[]

• Dispatcher
• Train dispatching

E[]

• Engine driver

F[]

• Fettler: Railway Maintenance Worker
• Fireman
• Flagman
• Freight Conductor

G[]

• Ganger
• Geoff

Geotechnical Engineer

L[]

• Locomotive Superintendent (Chief Mechanical Engineer)
• Locomotive engineer

P[]

• Platelayer
• Porter

R[]

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

S[]

• Secondman
• Signalman
• Station agent
• Station master

T[]

• Track foreman