gunhilltrain
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I just can't resist. They probably can so some repairs while operating a train - I think "operating" is the verb we use here - but scheduled maintenance and major repairs have to be done in a repair shop.We have all of those here. The train Engineer is responsible for the maintenance of his train as well.
They also don't operate a train all the way from, say, Chicago to Los Angeles - but only to a "division point," maybe Kansas City? Then they come back the next day on the same route. It seems like a boring job perhaps because you are going over the same tracks over and over again. There is a safety reason for this, which I may get into if anyone here cares.
Subway and streetcar operators used to be called "motormen." Rather than having the awkward gender-neutral term "motor-person," they are now "train operators."