trainmaster
Yard operations chief
A trainmaster is a railroad official responsible for supervising train operations within a designated territory or division.
The role typically involves managing crews, ensuring schedules are maintained, and overseeing safety compliance.
Trainmasters serve as the link between upper management and the conductors and engineers who actually run the trains.
The trainmaster had to reroute several freights after the derailment.
One who allocates resources
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- timetableArranged list of events
- routingPath selection process
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
signals · switches · junction · yardmaster · manifest · consist · runthrough · hotshot
Chief administrative official
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- foremanWorker who directs others
- inspectorOfficial quality checker
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
terminal · division · seniority · grievance · efficiency · accountability
dispatcher
One who allocates resources
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- timetableArranged list of events
- routingPath selection process
coordination · signals · switches · junction · yardmaster · manifest · consist · runthrough · hotshot · priority
superintendent
Chief administrative official
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- foremanWorker who directs others
- inspectorOfficial quality checker
discipline · terminal · division · seniority · grievance · efficiency · accountability
locomotive
Railway pulling machine
- engineerTechnical design professional
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- brakemanRail worker controlling deceleration
switchman · caboose · freight · passenger · boxcar · tanker · coupler · airbrakes · track · depot
- transit workersbus driver, subway operator, metro driver, streetcar driver, trolley driver
- rail workerslocomotive engineer, rail conductor, engine driver, fireman, brakeman
- railroad jobsconductors, engineers, brakemen, firemen, switchmen
- railroad workersrailroad engineer, switchman, brakeman, conductor, yardmaster
trainmasterbrakeman
Rail worker controlling deceleration
switchman · conductor · CEO · trackman · gandy dancer
trainmasterengineer
Technical design professional
locomotive engineer · train driver · fireman · engine driver · flagman
train, master, trains, trained, training, trainer, trainee, trainable, retraining