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=== Crew === [[Train driver]]s, also known as engineers, are responsible for operating trains.<ref name="work">{{Cite web|last=Sperandeo|first=Andy|date=May 1, 2006|title=The people who work on trains|url=https://www.trains.com/trn/train-basics/abcs-of-railroading/the-people-who-work-on-trains/|access-date=2021-11-04|website=Trains|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Conductor (rail)|Conductors]] are in charge of trains and their cargo, and help passengers on passenger trains.<ref name="work" /> [[Brakeman]], also known as trainmen, were historically responsible for manually applying brakes, though the term is used today to refer to crew members who perform tasks such as operating switches, coupling and uncoupling train cars, and setting handbrakes on equipment.<ref name="work" /> Steam locomotives require a [[Fireman (steam engine)|fireman]] who is responsible for fueling and regulating the locomotive's fire and boiler.<ref name="work" /> On passenger trains, other crew members assist passengers, such as chefs to prepare food, and service attendants to provide food and drinks to passengers. Other passenger train specific duties include passenger car attendants, who assist passengers with boarding and alighting from trains, answer questions, and keep train cars clean, and sleeping car attendants, who perform similar duties in [[sleeping car]]s.<ref name="work" /> Some trains can operate with [[automatic train operation]] without a driver directly present.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Germany: Hamburg gets first fully automated tram {{!}} DW {{!}} 11 October 2021 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-hamburg-gets-first-fully-automated-tram/a-59470896 |access-date=15 November 2021 |work=Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com)}}</ref>
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