- 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...
- trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, velocipede,
gandy dancer cart,
platelayers' cart, draisine, or railbike) is a
railroad car
powered by its p****engers...
- of canals, or
inland navigations, for
builders of
railway lines, and
platelayer for
workers emplo**** to
inspect and
maintain the track. In the Southwestern...
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subdivided into 17 divisions. Each
division had two employees, a
platelayer foreman and a
platelayer, in
addition to four
seasonal workers during the summer....
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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...
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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...
- met a
platelayer despatched to the
distant signal by the stationmaster.
Other witnesses also gave
evidence strongly suggesting that the
platelayers were...
- Nottinghamshire, the
fourth child and
second son of
Thomas Pierrepoint, a
railway platelayer, and Ann Pierrepoint, nee Marriott. By 1891, he and his
family had moved...
- 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...
