RAILWAY WOMEN IN WARTIME

THE FIRST WORLD WAR

A LIST OF JOBS PERFORMED BY RAILWAYWOMEN


 

MISCELLANEOUS MAINTENANCE

Axlebox cleaner
Electric light examiner
Messroom attendant
Bogie cleaner
Examiner
Messenger
Carriage cleaner
Globe cleaner (gas lamps)
Oil and gas filler
Carriage lampwoman
Lampwoman
Travelling carriage cleaner
Carriage washing machine attendant
Linen porter
Wheel tapper



TRAFFIC GRADES

Billposter
Lampwoman
Signalwoman
Bridge painter
Leading porter
Station painter
Chauffeuse
Lift attendant
Telegraphist
Checker
Lost property attendant
Ticket collector
Crossing keeper
Numbertaker
Timekeeper
Goods porter
Porter
Train attendant
Guard
Senior porter
Train indicator operator
Halt attendant
Signalbox 'girl'
Travelling ticket collector
Points woman
Station announcer
Ticket examiner



GOODS & CARTAGE GRADES

Caller-off
Dock porter
Road motor attendant
Capstanwoman
Electric truck driver
Roper
Carter
Goods porter
Sheeter
Chain horse driver
Horsevan driver
Stablewoman
Checker
Loader
Store leader
Contactwoman
Mobile crane driver
Vanguard
Crane operator
Motor lorry driver
Weighbridge woman
Demurrage numbertaker
Officewoman
Weigher



WORKSHOP GRADES

Blacksmith
Blacksmith's striker
Boilermaker's assistant
Concreter (making sleepers and coping posts)
Crane driver
Drop-stamp hammer driver
Electrician
Engine builder's assistant
Engine painter
Engine repairer
Engineer's labourer
Fitter
Hammer driver
Jig-borer
Mechanic (serving forges, lathes, radial drills)
Machine driller
Machine shop worker
Oxy-acetylene welder
Oxy-gas flame cutter
Riveter
Rivet heater
Shot blaster
Sleeper shaper
Tube welder
Wagon builder
Wood planer



LOCOMOTIVE RUNNING SHEDS

Fitter's mate
Fitter's labourer
Timekeeper



SIGNALS, TELEGRAPHS AND PERMANENT WAY DEPARTMENTS

Ganger
Inspector's timekeeper
Labourer
Lengthwoman
Lineman's assistant
Plan room attendant
Stores labourer
Telegraph labourer
Timekeeper
Timekeeper's assistant



LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT

Ash filler
Caller-up
Depot office assistant
Engine cleaner
Firelighter
Hostel assistant
Lampwoman
Lift machinery attendant
Messenger Messroom attendant
Motor driver
Oiler/greaser
Pump labourer
Sand drier
Shed labourer
Stores issuer
Telephone attendant
Toolwoman
Tool winder
Tube cleaner



UNISEX OR WOMEN'S GRADES

Administration clerk
Booking clerk
Car cleaner (LTPB)
Carriage cleaner
Catering assistant
Cleaner
Cook
Crossing keeper
Draughtswoman
Engraver
First aid attendant
French polisher
Ladies' room attendant
Laundress
Matron
Needlewoman
Nurse
Office cleaner
Policewoman
Polisher
Seamstress
Secretary
Stewardess
Storekeeper
Telephone operator
Telephone supervisor
Ticket printer
Trimmer
Typist
Waiting room attendant
Waitress



Women were also employed in both women's and men's grades in all administrative departments of the various railway companies, as telephonists and telegraphers, and in the railways' hotels, catering, and shipping divisions.




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