Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators

Lay, repair, and maintain track for standard or narrow-gauge railroad equipment used in regular railroad service or in plant yards, quarries, sand and gravel pits, and mines. Includes ballast cleaning machine operators and road bed tamping machine operators.

Job Task

• Drives vehicle that automatically moves and lays track or rails over section of track to be constructed, repaired, or maintained.
• Pushes control to close grasping device on track or rail section to raise or move section to specified location.
• Adjusts controls of machines that spread, shape, raise, level, and align track, according to specifications.
• Drives graders, tamping machines, brooms, and ballast-cleaning-spreading machines to redistribute gravel and ballast between rails.
• Strings and attaches wire-guidelines machine to rails to level or align track or rails.
• Turns wheels of machine, using lever controls, to adjust guidelines for track alignments and grades, following specifications.
• Engages mechanism that lays track or rail to specified gauge.
• Observes leveling indicator arms to verify levelness and alignment of track.
• Lubricates machines, changes oil, and fills hydraulic reservoirs to specified levels.

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