How do they match: Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators

  • Section Hand
  • Section Laborer

  • Drive vehicles that automatically move and lay tracks or rails over sections of track to be constructed, repaired, or maintained.
  • Patrol assigned track sections so that damaged or broken track can be located and reported.
  • Push controls to close grasping devices on track or rail sections so that they can be raised or moved.
  • Weld sections of track together, such as switch points and frogs.