Railway master
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Bahnmeister_SBB_%28Instruktionsbahnmeister%29_%28ca.1980%29.jpg/170px-Bahnmeister_SBB_%28Instruktionsbahnmeister%29_%28ca.1980%29.jpg)
Railway master of the Swiss Federal Railways in uniform around 1980
Railway foreman , also railway supervisor or chief railway attendant (abbreviation: Bm), is a former functional designation in railway operations for a technical railway employee who is responsible for the safe maintenance of the railway systems ( superstructure ) within a route area (a railway maintenance office ). In his area of work, he is responsible for the implementation of the work orders of the line engineers , the supervision of railway workers and the supervision of the line maintenance service .
The service rooms and any service accommodation of a railway foreman are also referred to as the railway master's office or railway master's house.
Individual evidence
- ^ Günther Boehm, Eberhard Lorenz, Hartmut Renner: Youth Lexicon Railway ; transpress VEB, Berlin 1986. ISBN 3-344-00055-1
- ↑ Railway Master's House. In: Viktor von Röll (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Railway System . 2nd Edition. Volume 1: Cover - discontinuation of construction . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1912, p. 420 .
literature
- Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon 1911: Bahnmeister
- Röll: Encyclopedia of the Railway System : Railway Master