railway engineers
Locomotive system builders
Railway engineers are professionals who design, build, or maintain railroad infrastructure—tracks, bridges, tunnels, and stations—or who operate trains.
The term covers both the civil engineering side The railway engineers surveyed the mountain pass for a new line and the operational side The railway engineer brought the freight train into the yard.
In American usage, railroad engineer is more common.
- steam locomotiveRail engine burning fuel for motion
- signal lightsIlluminated traffic control devices
- locomotivesPowered rail vehicles
- rolling stockWheeled railway equipment
- bogiesUnknown aircraft signatures
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