yardmaster

supervisor

One who directs workers

• foremanWorker who directs others
• superintendentChief administrative official
• bossWorkplace superior

shift supervisor · chief · operations manager

freight cars

Wheeled rail containers

• locomotiveRailway pulling machine
• boxcarEnclosed rail freight carrier
• flatcarSideless railroad freight carrier

gondola · hopper · tanker · caboose · intermodal · railcar · refrigerator car · consists · cuts · engines

switches

Circuit opening devices

• tracksMarks showing passage
• sidingExterior wall covering
• junctionPoint where things meet

hump · lead track · bumper · derail · signals · tower · interchange · mainline · crossover · turnout

dispatching

Sending out promptly

• schedulingAssigning times to events
• switchingChanging from one to another
• shuntingMoving vehicles between tracks

coordination · directing · organizing · managing · overseeing · supervising · allocating · controlling · monitoring · arranging

switchmen

Rail track diverters

• conductorsThose who direct ensembles
• engineersTechnical problem solvers
• dispatchersThose who send out

brakemen · hostlers · clerks · trainmasters · road crews · flagmen · inspectors · utility workers · trainmen

• transit workersbus driver, subway operator, train conductor, train driver, train operator
• rail workerslocomotive engineer, train conductor, rail conductor, engine driver, train engineer
• railroad workerstrain conductor, railroad engineer, switchman, brakeman, conductor
• railway worktrack worker, switching, shunting, signaling, train operation
• rail yardsswitchyard, marshalling yards, switches, switching, tracks
• railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive