Shunting attendant

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The shunter , formerly head shunter or switcher, Austria Verschubleiter or shifter is in railway operations in maneuvering involved. In the maneuvering or duty roster, he may be assigned some of the tasks that are basically incumbent on the driver when maneuvering . This can assign him tasks in individual cases, e.g. B. Vehicles couple or uncouple, parked vehicles with wheel chocks secure location Asked switches operate, repelled or running railroad cars with wheel chocks to stop the drive when pushed path observed. The shunting attendant communicates with the driver via shunting radio and / or using the shunting signals .