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 #1588828  by nyandw
 
I've been gathering these and would like to correct/add to this, if possible:

LIRR Job Codes

YFD -Yard Freight Drill ex: Yard freight drill (crew) 201 What does the 201 signify?
YPD = Yard Passenger Drill (crew) [###] (Jamaica storage yard drill crews)
YFC - Yard flag condr [###]
RFC - Road flag condr [###]
UB - Utility Brakeman [###] (condr/ass’t condr only)
HMP = Hostler Morris Park - Engineer only


YPR-1 is the “passenger yard” Relief that covers the relief days of the regular YPD (Jamaica storage yard drill crews)

CE = Change engine
The CER-1. Is the relief crew for the Change of Engines or “CE” Jobs

This covers the days off of the regular Change of Engines assignments.
Example on M/T covers CE-1
Wednesday covers CE-2
Th/F covers CE-3
With weekends off.

The CE-2 has W/Th off and on Thursday the job is covered by a man off the extra list (called out)
This is how “relief-regular” jobs are used to cover the scheduled days off of other regular jobs.

RF = Road Freight
RS= Road switcher (NYA)
MA= Metropolitan area road switcher or transfer. Didn’t leave the city limits

YE = Yard Electric
YER “Yard Electric Relief” Such has YER-3 which relieves the hillside drills crews on their schedule days off

GXL (guarantee extra list) covers all other vacancies.

PROT-## = PROTECT crew. This job is basically a stand by-be ready to go at a short notice type of crew.

RSBT-## = Roustabout crew. A do anything crew which maybe not entitled to some penalty claims as road passenger or road freight crews. These crews usually shuffle shop trains or other equipment around as required by the equipment Coordinator throughout their tour of duty.

PASX-## = This call out is usually used when a replacement crew to relieve a crew from a derailment, fatality, or to go for a whiz quiz’s AKA (drug test)

COLX-## = Same as above for ticket collector (trainman) assignment as their independent units jumping from one train to another not part of a full “Crew” Collectors do not always work the train through from origin to destination, they get off en-route to work back to where needed. NOTE: This title may be used to get a trainman out on a job, so as to not guarantee him.
 #1588853  by Kelly&Kelly
 
Most of these present designations were crafted by Bob Sturm, a marine engineer who worked in the Operations & Service Planning Department in the 1970s. He authored several books about Long Island railroads, was active in equipment preservation and has been a long time member of the LIST - NRHS.