Job Description:

• 1) Repairs wooden railroad bridges, trestles, and tunnel supports, and replaces decayed, split, or crooked timbers, working as member of crew: Strikes timbers with hammer and listens to sound to detect decay.

• 2) Installs temporary support to hold structure in place while decayed timber is removed.

• 3) Loosens nuts and bolts that hold timber in place, using hand wrench or air-powered wrench.

• 4) Removes timber, using crowbar, or hammers on timber to slide it out of place.

• 5) Measures and cuts replacement timber to required size, using handsaw or electric saw.

• 6) Bores bolt holes in timber, using electric drill.

• 7) Slides new timber into place and secures it with nuts and bolts.

• 8) May replace defective railroad ties supporting track on bridge.