RAILROAD CREW
There are several people on a train which all must work together.
Such as brake man, switchman, telegraphers, engineers, conductors, and
section gangs. The section gangs attend to narrow-gauge iron of tiny
lumber lines lost in the Western Forest. The conductor is important
for greeting and dismissing the people. He or she also collects the
money from the people for tickets for which he or she has a special stamper.
But sometimes they have an unhonest conductor that steals the ticket
pay and just gets the job for a place to sleep and to see places.
The engineers job is to steer and shovel coal into the engine to burn.
His job sounds easy but as you can see in the picture below it is not.
The switchman are the people that get out of the train and switch the track
if needed. Some trains have brake man and some don't. In the
earlier times the brake mans job was to stop the train and link the cars
together. But in more matured times the brakes are a simple switch
or a rope that the engineer or a passenger could pull. The telegraphers
job was to send the messages and tell them if they need to stop or if they
are coming to a station. In conclusion every member of the crew needs
to work together for the train to work.