What is a train crew ?

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Answer 1

The term generally refers to the folks who work on board a train.  The head-end crew is the engineer and the assistant engineer, sometimes called the fireman.  If it's a passenger train, there will also be a conductor and train attendants.

The terms vary by country.  Above is what they're called in the United States.

Answer 2

On the UPRR the train crew is the engineer and the conductor who both ride on the head end of the train.Sometimes we'll have a student with us too.

Answer 3

A train crew is comprised of an Engineer and a Conductor. Both are in the locomotive. On certain trains, usually referred to as "locals", a Brakeman will also be in the engine.

Up until the early 1990s, trains had an Engineer and Head Brakeman in the locomotive, and a Conductor with a Rear Brakeman in the caboose. BNSF was the last Class 1 railroad to discontinue cabooses in 1993. And so was the last Class 1 to change over to the two or three man crew in the locomotive only.

Up until the 1960s (I think), a train crew consisted of the Engineer, Conductor, Fireman, and two or three Brakemen.

Answer 4

I like Derail's answer.

A train crew is the amount of people it takes to get a train from one location to another.

In some locations a train crew is only one person, the vast majority of trains have an engineer and conductor or assistant engineer.

If there is a lot of online work there may be one or even two switchman/brakemen assigned to assist in the ground work.

When I first started railroading a train crew was three, a conductor and two brakemen, the engine crew was an engineer and fireman, they were separate careers at that time and have been merged into one.