Stevedore job on the railroad - Trains Magazine

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