yardmaster

{{Short description|Railroad employee in charge of the rail yard}}

File:Yardmaster.jpg in 1943]]

The yardmaster is a railroad employee in charge of a rail yard. Duties involve managing and coordinating all activities in combining rolling stock into trains, breaking down trains into individual railroad cars, and switching trains from track to track in the rail yard.{{cite book |author=Richard A. McDavid and Susan Echaore-McDavid |title=Career Opportunities in Transportation |year=2009 |quote=Duties: Manage and coordinate the activities involved in making and breaking up trains and switching trains from track to track in railroad yards ... | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZjhzVdBbCrAC&dq=yardmaster&pg=PT160 }} In the United States of America, yardmasters are eligible to join the Railroad Yardmasters of America.