- A
platelayer (British English),
fettler (British
English – UK, Australia, NZ) or
trackman (American English) is a
railway employee who
inspects and maintains...
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Railway lubricator Section gangs Signal maintainer Track inspector Traquero Platelayer Navvy (navigator)
Track foreman Structure Maintainer Lighting Maintainer...
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taking some
sleeping pills and was
found wandering in his
nightshirt by a
platelayer, who took him to the
nearest level-crossing keeper's cottage. His resignation...
- is a 1989 West
German drama film
directed by
Christian Wagner,
about a
platelayer (trackman) who
inspects his part of
railway for the last time. Rolf Illig...
- but failed, to
damage the
track at Glenrowan, so they
forced two
local platelayers and some
labourers camped nearby to
finish the job. The
outlaws selected...
- also
often called a 'gadget'; and the name has been
applied by
local platelayers to the 'gauge' used to test the
accuracy of
their work. In fact, to borrow...
- labour,
requiring teams of labourers, or
trackmen (US:
gandy dancers; UK:
platelayers; Australia: fettlers), who used
lining bars to
correct irregularities...
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portal Bob the [South Australian]
Railway Dog
Coolie Gandy dancer Laborer Platelayer Brooke 1983, p. 167. "Railway songs".
National Railway Museum. 2014-05-09...
- of canals, or
inland navigations, for
builders of
railway lines, and
platelayer for
workers emplo**** to
inspect and
maintain the track. In the Southwestern...
- Scharführer (squad leader) in the SA. In 1934,
Ogorzow was
hired as a
platelayer by the
national railroad,
Deutsche Reichsbahn,
which ran the S-Bahn commuter...
