- A
platelayer (British English),
fettler (British
English – UK, Australia, NZ) or
trackman (American English) is a
railway employee who
inspects and maintains...
-
Railway lubricator Section gangs Signal maintainer Track inspector Traquero Platelayer Navvy (navigator)
Track foreman Structure Maintainer Lighting Maintainer...
-
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...
-
portal Bob the [South Australian]
Railway Dog
Coolie Gandy dancer Laborer Platelayer Brooke 1983, p. 167. "Railway songs".
National Railway Museum. 2014-05-09...
-
protesting a
planned m**** layoff. A
stray bullet killed an
uninvolved platelayer working on the
nearby railroad. 1931-01-03 Steffensdorfer,
Wilhelm 17...
- of canals, or
inland navigations, for
builders of
railway lines, and
platelayer for
workers emplo**** to
inspect and
maintain the track. In the Southwestern...
- 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...
- tramway-plate or way-plate,
names that are
preserved in the
modern term "
platelayer"
applied to the
workers who lay and
maintain the
permanent way. The wheels...
-
Blockhouse remained unoccupied between 1875 and 1880. On 20
March 1880,
platelayer Michael Brennan was
appointed caretaker of the
Greenhill Reserve. He and...
-
subdivided into 17 divisions. Each
division had two employees, a
platelayer foreman and a
platelayer, in
addition to four
seasonal workers during the summer....
