Job Description:

• 1) Restores street railway service after power failures, accidents, and equipment breakdowns, working as member of crew: Drives truck equipped with tools and materials to job site.

• 2) Diagnoses cause of difficulty to facilitate restoration of service.

• 3) Repairs or replaces parts or materials, such as trolley wire, insulators, conductor-bar assemblies, and lighting fixtures.

• 4) Repositions derailed cars on tracks with aid of other workers and mechanical hoisting equipment.

• 5) Erects portable structures at scene of fire to facilitate laying fire hose across street, and to permit streetcars and buses to pass underneath.

• 6) Raises or disconnects trolley wires to facilitate house-moving operations.

• 7) May repair malfunctioning streetcar units at scene when towing to repair barn is not feasible.

• 8) May repair or replace track, switches, and accessories to facilitate temporary service.