Steam Era Train Crews

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Usually, it depended on the job. But normally, two brakemen, one called the head end brakeman, riding on the locomotive or tender in the dog house, the other on the caboose, and a conductor.

On jobs that had a lot of switching to do, like a local freight, there was a third brakeman. So either 5 or six men depending on the circumstance.

Ken Miller

On Mar 28, 2013, at 7:46 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> Other than the engineer and fireman, who else made up a typical freight train crew in the early '50s--on a run from Roanoke to Hagerstown, for example. ~~Bernie Hylton

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