 A Santa Fe Railroad brakeman atop a train that has paused at Cajon, California, to cool its brakes after descending Cajon Pass in March 1943. | |
| Occupation | |
|---|---|
Activity sectors | rail transport |
| Description | |
Related jobs | conductor |
A brakeman is a rail transport worker whose original job was to assist the braking of a train by applying brakes on individual wagons.[1] The advent of through brakes, brakes on every wagon which could be controlled by the driver, made this role redundant, although the name lives on, for example, in the United States where brakemen carry out a variety of functions both on the track and within trains.[2][3]
- ^ "The Brakeman". American-Rails.com. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
- ^ "Brakeman's Handbook" (PDF). Nevada State Railroad Museum. 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
- ^ "Learn to Be the Brakeman". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
At the Museum, we consider the term Brakeman to be gender-neutral