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...

children often had to help out at harvest time. His father later worked as a platelayer for the national rail company SNCF. Hinault was described as a "hyperactive"...

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...

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...

of canals, or inland navigations, for builders of railway lines, and platelayer for workers employed 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...

portal Bob the [South Australian] Railway Dog Coolie Gandy dancer Laborer Platelayer Brooke 1983, p. 167. "Railway songs". National Railway Museum. 2014-05-09...

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...