Locomotive engineer vs rail car operator

Differences between locomotive engineer and rail car operator duties and responsibilities

Locomotive engineer example responsibilities.

• Receive verbal directions via radio or hand signals from conductors and brakemen and subsequently follow directions accordingly.
• Marshal 90-car coal trains for transfer to CSX.
• Qualify on GCOR and CSX signal and operating rules.
• Evaluate train make-up to properly handle placement of HAZMAT materials.
• Master all rules, signals, equipment, and physical characteristics including those of Conrail and Amtrak.
• Couple and uncouple rail cars by operating controls such as throttles, airbrakes, switches, gates, and wheel chocks.
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Rail car operator example responsibilities.

• Support the efforts of uniform patrol deputies.
• Operate wheel loaders to move coal from stockpile to power plant.
• Utilize AS400 system to locate appropriate rail car to be load from.
• Move empty rail cars to the loadout area, and build full rail car trains for CSX to pick-up and transport.
• Operate and perform basic maintenance on locomotives.
• Establish a good relationship with customer to help meet their needs for railroad switching at tate and lyle.