Occupational Employment Statistics
47-4061 Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
Lay, repair, and maintain track for standard or narrow-gauge railroad equipment used in regular railroad service or in plant yards, quarries, sand and gravel pits, and mines. Includes ballast cleaning machine operators and railroad bed tamping machine operators.
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Minnesota
| 300 | 1 | $25.63/hr | $20.52/hr | $20.52/hr | $23.94/hr | $29.54/hr | $35.05/hr |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 290 | $23.90/hr |
| Public Administration | N/A | N/A |
- Engage mechanisms that lay tracks or rails to specified gauges.
- Operate single- or multiple-head spike driving machines to drive spikes into ties and secure rails.
- Lubricate machines, change oil, or fill hydraulic reservoirs to specified levels.
- Operate single- or multiple-head spike pullers to pull old spikes from ties.
- Raise rails, using hydraulic jacks, to allow for tie removal and replacement.
- Operate track wrenches to tighten or loosen bolts at joints that hold ends of rails together.
- Clean, grade, or level ballast on railroad tracks.
- Patrol assigned track sections so that damaged or broken track can be located and reported.
- Patrol assigned track sections so that damaged or broken track can be located and reported.
- Operate single- or multiple-head spike driving machines to drive spikes into ties and secure rails.