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Automations for Railroad Brake Operators

Operate or monitor railroad track switches or locomotive instruments. May couple or uncouple rolling stock to make up or break up trains. Watch for and relay traffic signals. May inspect couplings, air hoses, journal boxes, and hand brakes. May watch for dragging equipment or obstacles on rights-of-way.

O*NET occupation: Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers (53-4022.00). The software list and tasks below come from that record, not from guesswork.

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The job’s documented tasks, most important first. Each is a request away.

  1. Observe train signals along routes and verify their meanings for engineers.Quote it
  2. Signal locomotive engineers to start or stop trains when coupling or uncoupling cars, using hand signals, lanterns, or radio communication.Quote it
  3. Operate and drive locomotives, diesel switch engines, dinkey engines, flatcars, and railcars in train yards and at industrial sites.Quote it
  4. Pull or push track switches to reroute cars.Quote it
  5. Observe signals from other crew members so that work activities can be coordinated.Quote it
  6. Monitor trains as they go around curves to detect dragging equipment and smoking journal boxes.Quote it

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