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Updated: 05/25/2013
Locomotive Engineer: Drives electric, diesel-electric, or gas-turbine-electric locomotive. Understands and follows train orders, train signals, and railroad rules and regulations, to transport passengers or freight. Inspects locomotive before run to verify specified fuel, sand, water, and other supplies. Ensures departure time from... [+] More
Locomotive Engineer: Drives electric, diesel-electric, or gas-turbine-electric locomotive. Understands and follows train orders, train signals, and railroad rules and regulations, to transport passengers or freight. Inspects locomotive before run to verify specified fuel, sand, water, and other supplies. Ensures departure time from station or terminal is in accordance with time schedule, synchronizing watch with that of other railroad personnel.
Receives starting signal from conductor and moves controls, such as throttle and airbrakes to drive locomotive. Interprets train orders, train signals, and railroad rules and regulations to drive locomotive, following safety regulations and time schedule. Calls out train signals for verification of meaning to avoid errors in interpretation. Confers with conductor or traffic control center personnel via radiophone to issue or receive information or instructions concerning stops, delays, or oncoming trains. Observes track to detect obstructions. Inspects locomotive after run to detect damaged or defective equipment. Prepares reports to explain accidents, unscheduled stops, or delays. May lubricate moving parts of locomotive. May drive diesel-electric rail-detector car to transport rail-flaw-detecting machine over railroad. (Source: eDOT Job Description) [-] Less
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A renter's cost of living for someone making $72,845 in Sanford, Florida is 99.3% of the US National Average. For more information, or to compare cost of living data between two cities, click here.
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