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Job Description: <br />Duties: <br />Inspect, build, and repair freight cars for compliance with AAR, FRA, and <br />Company standards. Inspects car frames and car bodies for holes, cracks, <br />and other defects. Inspects all safety appliances including hand holds, sill <br />steps, grab iron, brake platforms, running boards, etc. Inspects wheels to <br />insure that rims treads, plate, hub axle, and bearing are in good repair. <br />Maintain, replace and/or repair air brake pipes, valves, gaskets, air hoses <br />and other equipment as required. Inspects outlet gates on hopper cars <br />and air dumps for defects and ensures they are properly secured. <br />Operates electrical and gas welding equipment to join a variety of metals <br />and alloys; operates acetylene torches for cutting and/or shaping metal <br />parts such as aluminum, cast iron, steel, bronze, etc. Operates <br />specialized off-highway motor vehicles including forklift trucks, mobile <br />cranes, trackmobiles, and ship tractors. <br />