SENIORITY GRABBER"Railroad employee who is glad when someone above him dies, gets killed, is fired, or resigns, so he can move up the seniority list to a better job ...
Seniority rights: Every position on the railroad has a seniority roster of its own, and works on a "bid and bump system.
Seniority, length of service.
Airbrake
A braking system in which compressed air is used as the operating medium.
Seniority
1. The rights of passenger trains over freight and of express trains over locals.
2. The right of way in one direction on a single track line.
3. The common meaning of length of service of an employee.
The relative seniority varies between institutions.
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Groundhog A slang term for a promoted engineer with trainman seniority. Grade Resistance Resistance that results from the energy you must put into a train to lift it vertically.
Seniority - Length of service relative to others.
Service Track - Track on which engines take on coal and water.
Shanty - A caboose, also a small building.
Shoo-fly Track - Temporary track used primarily for mainline service.
Crew Assignments - The prototype used seniority and bid sheets to determine who got the job. Until you had been on the list for a while you worked only part of the year.
Term of time in service, usually referring to seniority.
Agency
A designated location for conducting railroad business or a local railroad customer service office.
To displace a junior employee from a job assignment by the exercise of seniority rights.
Business car
A company-owned passenger reserved for the use of railroad officials.
 See also: Track, Train, Engine, Current, Switch
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