prrjim posted:I think on Class 1 RRs roadcrews are 2 perple. There is a conductor and an Engineer. There are no brakemen on road trains, so no jobs to loose. Both crew members ride/work in the cab since cabooses have been gone for decades. My friend who worked for CSX for some years said when you started you were trained as a "conductor" and put on the job. Then you had I believe 3 years to qualify also as an engineer or you were out. That way all road crew would be certified for either job.
I think I have heard that there are "switchman" jobs in yards.
Here in Atlanta all road trains have an engineer and a conductor.
Yard jobs (at Inman, which is intermodal) only have an engineer and a conductor.
There’s 3 remote jobs that work the “hump” or south end of the class yard on every shift.
Locals at East Point, Rome, McDonough, South Yard, Dalton, etc. have an engineer, conductor, (except for one remote job) and switchman/brakeman if needed. There are some with and some without. A job that requires a lot of switching or has many industries usually has a helper, as we call them.
