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Are they the same job? If not, are they equal or is one a higher position?
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Noel Weaver wrote:Years ago the New Haven stated that a Road Foreman could exercise theAt my RR it is, RFEs are paid inbetween 5-10k more a year than Trainmasters.......
authority of a Trainmaster in the absence of a Trainmaster.
During the Penn Central period, a Road Foreman was on a higher salary
than a Trainmaster was. I don't know today if that is still true in the
industry but I suspect it might still be.
Noel Weaver
Gadfly wrote:I always thought that (at least on NS) that the Trainmaster had a bit more oomph that a Road Foreman of Engines (was that the same as a "Roadmaster"? I forget!) A Trainmaster also told us Clerks what to do including giving Rules Exams, and could also take a Clerk out of service for an infraction. This was especially true if you were working as an Agent or Mobile Agent at an outlying point. We had little contact with the Road Foremen. But now them Trainmasters could be a TRIP!!!!!Roadmaster is a different job entirely. A roadmaster is responsible for the "road," the tracks; the same way a trainmaster is responsible for trains in his district.
Gadfly