Does anyone know what train drivers are called?

Question

The people that drive the train?

Answer 1

The engineer operates the throttle but since there is no steering required you could not say that he drives as in driving a car. The conductor is  in charge of the train and the crew. He is ultimately responsible for the property, cargo (or passengers) and the mission.

Answer 2

hog heads or hoggers

Answer 3

It was engineers the last I heard. When I was very little I thought they were the "choo-choo men" but I don't lately.

Answer 4

Locomotive Engineers.  

For those of you that don't know, Conductors do not now nor have they ever worked in the craft of operating locomotives.  And the engineer is just as responsible for safety of the train as the conductor is.

Daniel L:  Get on my train with that attitude and they'll be calling you the guy that changed a lot of knuckles today.

Answer 5

They're called Engineers.

Answer 6

engineers drive  conductors are responsible for safety

Answer 7

Conductor (transportation), a person who sells and checks tickets on a bus, train, etc.

Engineer

4: a person who runs or supervises an engine or an apparatus

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Answer 8

engineers

Answer 9

The correct answer you're looking for is indeed engineers, but there is an older less used term I can also give you.....

"Hoghead"

Answer 10

Locomotive Engineers

Answer 11

They are called "Engineers"

Answer 12

Engineer or Locomotive Engineer

Answer 13

Conductors, in years passed. Who knows now. Just like a receptionist is a Front Desk Coordinater in some places.

Answer 14

Engineer-Hogger, Hoghead, Eagle Eye, Throttle Jerker,

Answer 15

The engineers are in the engine and the conductor is like the captain of a ship--they oversee it all.

Answer 16

The  engineer controls the actual movement of the train or engine, however the train or engine cannot move without the authority of the conductor. A conductor is more than a ticket taker.

Answer 17

Locomotive engineer, engineer, hoghead (moi), hogger, eagle eye, golden arm, high stepper, high wheeler, hogineer, piglet...  It depends on what era.  

I like Rango's answer the best.

To clear up a little confusion, the conductor and engineer are jointly responsible for the safe operation of the train and rules compliance.  When on the engine employees are subordinate to the engineer and must obey his/her instructions.

Answer 18

conducters!

Answer 19

Used to be 'stokers'; that was when engines had coal, and the fire had to be stked! now, they are engineers; diesel engineers or propulsion engineers, or loco' engineers, varying terms for different places!

Answer 20

conductors...watch thomas the train engine

Answer 21

Engineers!

Answer 22

Locomotive Engineers

or Hogheads, but dont dare call yourself a hoghead, your co-workers have to give you the title.

I remember an old conductor saying "Kid, you aint a hogger until I say you are"

To which the engineer said "and I can knock you on your *** from a mile away with my little finger "

Answer 23

They used to be called conductors in the old days when there used to be steam trains that required several people to operate them, because they conducted the operation of the train.  Today, they're more commonly called engineers.

Answer 24

America

engineer or locomotive engineer

job title and pay rate

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Answer 25

In Britain they're called Train Drivers

Answer 26

engineer, conductor

Answer 27

Train Engineers/Conductors.