Job Description:

• 1) Solicits freight business from industrial and commercial firms and passenger-travel business from travel agencies, schools, clubs, and other organizations: Calls on prospective shippers to explain advantages of using company facilities.

• 2) Quotes tariffs, rates, and train schedules.

• 3) Explains available routes, load limits, and special equipment available, and offers suggestions in method of loading, crating, and handling freight.

• 4) Calls on travel agents, schools, clubs, and other organizations to explain available accommodations offered by company.

• 5) Quotes fares, schedules, and available itineraries offered to groups by company.

• 6) Speaks to members of groups and organizations and exhibits travel movies showing points of interest along routes to stimulate interest in travel.

• 7) Distributes descriptive pamphlets.

• 8) Acts as liaison between shipper and carrier to obtain information for settling complaints.

• 9) May specialize in soliciting freight or passenger contracts or may travel from community to community to solicit freight and passenger patronage and be designated Freight-Traffic Agent; Passenger Traffic Agent; Traveling-Freight-And-Passenger Agent.