What was the person who collected the tickets on the old locomotives called?

Question

What was the person who collected the tickets on the old locomotives called?

Answer 1

Being totally pedantic, nobody collected tickets on the old 'locomotives' as the only people there were the crew who didn't need tickets to ride! The locomotive pulled a 'train' which is where the passengers sat and where tickets were collected, by a conductor in the USA and by a 'ticket collector' in the UK

Answer 2

Conductor.

Answer 3

They were called ticket inspectors. As well as collecting the tickets they had to inspect them to ensure they were valid.

Answer 4

conductor.

On the highways he's now known as a trooper and he gives the tickets.  My how times have changed.

Answer 5

in uk the guard checks tickets most of the time that if the train got a gaurd lot of trains only have driver now but there are traveling ticket inspectors about the network