A misnomer "due to the legacy of the job" is a good way to put it, Firethorn.
A tip of my hat to you.
I remember one "engineer" on the Elevated in Brooklyn seemingly trying to derail the train (20-30 feet above the street) on hitting one particular sharp curve in Brooklyn. Cars rocked incredibly, scaring everyone on the train, including simpery wimpery 14 year old me.
I thought it was a fluke but a couple of days later the "engineer" did the same thing. After that, I started to take alternative subway routes home. I used to love the Ell because you could see stuff, buildings, long views of the city, etc. as opposed to the boring blackness of the subway tunnels.
I 'tested" it out the next semester and that "engineer" seems to have gone, since that curve was approached much more carefully after that. I can't imagine nobody complained about that "engineer."
Saw a video* of a tragic deadly high speed on curve derailment a couple of years ago which powerfully reminded me of those adventures with a madcap "engineer" in Brooklyn.
Terry, 230RN
*This one, if I captured the URL correctly:
https://media.gannett-cdn.com/media/963482463001/201307/1948/963482463001_2565651358001_98a2fb31-2fe4-4235-acb1-6b582855ce94.mp4