7531- Railway yard and track maintenance workers

Railway yard and track maintenance workers perform some or all of the following duties:


Operate control panel switches from railway yard tower to set traffic signals and to activate train switches that regulate railway traffic in railway yards
Operate car retarders, turntables and track switches to align locomotives and cars as required for coupling, uncoupling or servicing
Operate machines and equipment to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks, align tracks, transfer, spread, level and tamp ballast around ties and rails and to clear snow from tracks
Switch cars according to instructions which indicate the location, disposition and number of cars
Lubricate moving parts of railway cars and locomotives
Clean and make minor repairs to machines and equipment
Patrol assigned track sections to identify and report damaged or broken track
Perform other track maintenance duties as directed.