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Yardmaster

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Yardmaster

The yardmaster is the railroad employee in charge of the rail yard. They manage and coordinate all activities in combining rolling stocks into trains, and breaking down trains into individual railroad cars, and switching trains from track-to-track in the rail yard. Yardmasters are eligible to join the Railroad Yardmasters of America.

Yardmasters

  • John Walker Barriger III (1899–1976) assistant yardmaster at the Pennsylvania Railroad
  • George B. Swan
  • Al Alquist at the Southern Pacific Railroad
  • Walter Ellsworth Bachman, Sr. (1879–1958) at the Lehigh Valley Railroad
  • References

    Yardmaster Wikipedia