Stevedore job on the railroad

[Anonymous]

Conrail has a job open at the Ridgefield NJ yard...... stevedore.

Can anyone give me a job description for a railroad stevedore? Ridgefield is not a port, its an automobile facility.

Thanks. Ray

[Anonymous]

...never heard the term myself, interested to know.

[JoeKoh]

Might be the guy to contact at the yard? I typed that in the trains glossary and came up empty.
stay safe
Joe

[mudchicken]

Cross-docking new vehicles off railroad auto racks and on to highway tractor trailers. Stevedore is anyone who loads & unloads freight/ lading from a cargo vessel. (Usually a nautical term in ports).....Sure this is not a Hadley or ITS operation?

[Anonymous]

What's the difference between a Stevedore and a Longshoreman?

[Anonymous]

From dictionary.com:
stevedore-- one who is employed in the loading and unloading of ships, or to load or unload the cargo of (a ship) or to engage in the process of loading or unloading such a vessel

longshoreman-- a dock worker who loads and unloads ships.

I take it from these definitions that a stevedore is employed for the sole purpose of loading/unloading a ship [or train], and a longshoreman is a dock worker [or rail yard worker] who may load/unload a ship [or train] but might have other duties.

[edblysard]

Stevedores provide specialized unloading services and transportation to either their own storage facitliy or yours, most often at or near the docks.

Stevedore services also provide long term storage and customs storage.

Longshoremen only unload to the dock or dock side transportation...

A stevedore for a railroad would do just as mudchicken said, they would unload cars, and either rack then in autoracks, or park them in storage lots.

Ed

[Anonymous]

My dad was a "stowman" -- a very specific job designation -- for Santa Fe at the LCL (less-than-carload) freight dock in Dodge City, Kansas in the 1930's to 1950's.