List of railway industry occupations

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

Engineering

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

Station

 * Station agent
 * Senior Station Superintendent
 * Station Superintendent
 * Deputy Station Superintendent
 * Selected Station Master
 * Senior Station Master
 * Junior Station master
 * Deputy Station Master
 * Assistant Station Master
 * 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



 * Bridge inspector
 * Gandy dancer
 * Length runner
 * Railway lubricator
 * Section gangs
 * Signal maintainer
 * Track inspector
 * Traquero
 * Platelayer
 * Navvy (navigator)
 * Track foreman
 * Structure Maintainer
 * Lighting Maintainer
 * Escalator and Elevator Maintainer
 * Electronic Equipment Maintainer
 * Telephone Maintainer
 * Turnstiles Maintainer
 * Mechanical Maintainer Group "C"
 * Mechanical Maintainer Group "B"
 * Power Maintainer

B

 * Boilerman
 * Brakeman
 * Bridge inspector
 * 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

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

P

 * Platelayer
 * Porter

R

 * Railroad engineer (engine driver)
 * Railway lubricator
 * Redcap Boy
 * Revenue Protection Inspector
 * Road foreman of engines

S

 * Section gang
 * Secondman
 * Signal maintainer
 * Signalman
 * Station agent
 * Station master

T

 * Track foreman