Employees of the NCRR were organized into three groups:
Train Department
Consisted of engineers, firemen, brakemen, woodpassers, conductors, and baggage masters. The train department was in charge of the movement of all passenger and freight trains.
Road Department
Included road master, section master and their hands, station agents and their hands, bridge carpenters, switchmen, and the crews of gravel trains and switch engines. The road department was charged with maintaining the condition of the track and roadbed.
Machinery Department
The machinery department included all Shop employees: machinists, boilermakers, blacksmiths, patternmakers, molders, car cleaners and greasers, and other shop men. The Shop workers were paid a daily rate according to their personal skills and responsibilities.
