railroader
Locomotive crew member
A railroader is a person who works for a railroad, especially in operations—engineers, conductors, brakemen, and yard workers.
The term carries a blue-collar connotation and often implies long experience: His father was a railroader for forty years.
Railroad workers themselves use the term with pride.
Technical design professional
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- brakemanRail worker controlling deceleration
- firemanEmergency blaze responder
- switchmanRail junction operator
yardmaster · dispatcher · signalman · trackman · trainmaster · roadmaster · carman · boilermaker
Railway pulling machine
- engineMachine producing motion
- cabVehicle for hire
- couplerDevice linking two things
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
headlamp · caboose · boxcar · gondola · flatcar · tender · brake · lantern
Joining into one
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- seniorityRank from length of service
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
shift · callboard · deadhead · layover · runthrough · furlough · pension · grievance
Train staging facility
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
- depotVehicle storage facility
- terminalAt the endpoint
- junctionPoint where things meet
engineer
Technical design professional
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- brakemanRail worker controlling deceleration
- firemanEmergency blaze responder
switchman · yardmaster · dispatcher · signalman · trackman · trainmaster · roadmaster · carman · boilermaker · machinist
locomotive
Railway pulling machine
whistle · headlamp · caboose · boxcar · gondola · flatcar · tender · brake · lantern · spike
union
Joining into one
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- seniorityRank from length of service
overtime · shift · callboard · deadhead · layover · runthrough · furlough · pension · grievance · contract
railyard
Train staging facility
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
- depotVehicle storage facility
- terminalAt the endpoint
junction · trackside · mainline · siding · turntable · bunkhouse
highball
Spirit lengthened with mixer
hotshot · manifest · varnish · rattler · railfan · boomer · homesteader · oldhead · callboy · tradition
- railroad tracksPaired rails for trains
- railroad crossingWhere road meets tracks
- railroad stationFacility for boarding trains
- railroad bridgesStructures carrying tracks over gaps
- Underground RailroadCovert abolitionist escape network
- railroad expansionGrowth of train infrastructure