How do they match: Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators

  • Drive graders, tamping machines, brooms, or ballast spreading machines to redistribute gravel or ballast between rails.
  • Drive vehicles that automatically move and lay tracks or rails over sections of track to be constructed, repaired, or maintained.
  • Clean, grade, or level ballast on railroad tracks.
  • Operate single- or multiple-head spike driving machines to drive spikes into ties and secure rails.
  • Turn wheels of machines, using lever controls, to adjust guidelines for track alignments or grades, following specifications.