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Railway industry occupation
A platelayer (British English), fettler (British English – UK, Australia, NZ) or trackman (American English) is a railway employee who inspects and maintains
Platelayer
Railway lubricator Section gangs Signal maintainer Track inspector Traquero Platelayer Navvy (navigator) Track foreman Structure Maintainer Lighting Maintainer
List of railway industry occupations
List_of_railway_industry_occupations
Railroad car powered by its passengers
trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, velocipede, gandy dancer cart, platelayers' cart, draisine, or railbike) is a railroad car powered by its passengers
Handcar
Slang term for workers on railroad tracks
builders of canals, or inland navigations—for builders of railway lines, and platelayer for workers employed to inspect and maintain the track. In the Southwestern
Gandy_dancer
1876 Multi-train collision in Huntingdonshire, England
met a platelayer despatched to the distant signal by the stationmaster. Other witnesses also gave evidence strongly suggesting that the platelayers were
Abbots_Ripton_rail_accident
British executioner (1877–1922)
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
Henry_Pierrepoint
1989 film
is a 1989 West German drama film directed by Christian Wagner. An old platelayer (trackman) inspects his stretch of railway track for the last time. Rolf
Waller's_Last_Trip
President of France in 1920
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
Paul_Deschanel
Navigational engineers
portal Bob the [South Australian] Railway Dog Coolie Gandy dancer Laborer Platelayer Brooke 1983, p. 167. "Railway songs". National Railway Museum. 2014-05-09
Navvy
Hellifield on 19th December 1933". "George Jackson Churchward (1857-1933)". "Platelayer's death at Mangotsfield". Western Daily Press. 23 July 1934. Retrieved
List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom
List_of_rail_accidents_in_the_United_Kingdom
British actor and director (1926–2022)
Cork (1966) – Richard Hewatt (episode "The Case of William Huckerby, Platelayer") Z Cars (1968, 1971, 1974) – Billy Rees / Matic / Vernon Go for a Take
Harry_Landis
Light railway in Kent, England
way team, with a full-time staff of platelayers. It forms part of the larger Engineering Department. Some platelayers work all year round, whilst others
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
Romney,_Hythe_and_Dymchurch_Railway
Escaped wolf in Northumberland, England
Committee was set up to help find the wolf. On 29 December 1904, some platelayers found the carcass of an animal cut in two by a passing train and thrown
Hexham_wolf
Russian criminal and serial killer
commissioned. After returning home, Kozlenya worked for several years as a platelayer, where he was regarded as a good worker. After that, he entered the Siberian
Nikolai_Kozlenya
British musician
worked at Associated Electrical Industries in Trafford Park. He was a platelayer at the docks, a labourer, a miner, a van driver, building site labourer
Mike_Sweeney_(DJ)
Disused railway station in East Sussex, England
a "Railway Crossing" with the associated cottage shown occupied by a Platelayer in each subsequent Census.[citation needed] The 1911 Census shows that
Snailham_Halt_railway_station
Nazi serial killer (1912–1941)
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
Paul_Ogorzow
Town in Victoria, Australia
Scullin (1876-1953). His father, John Scullin, had been a miner and later a platelayer on the railways. James Scullin first attended school at Trawalla. Australian
Trawalla
1910 railway incident in England
at Chumhill. On the morning of New Year's Day, 1910, Mr W. J. Hart, a platelayer, was killed when hit by one of the crossing gates he was belatedly attempting
Braunton_Road_rail_accident
Small mechanical device
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
Gadget
French cyclist (born 1954)
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"
Bernard_Hinault
1953 British comedy film by Charles Crichton
make the order permanent. Weech is helped by Chesterford and retired platelayer Dan Taylor to run the train and by volunteers from the village to operate
The_Titfield_Thunderbolt
Topics referred to by the same term
head of a gang of labourers, especially on canals The head of a gang of platelayers on railways Ganger (band), a Scottish alternative rock band Ganger (album)
Ganger
Coastal city in the Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand
Road Services. Railway houses were built; in 1910 an 8-roomed house and platelayers' cottages, 1921 a house, 1922 the stationmaster's house and 4 houses
Tauranga
Rail infrastructure
labour, requiring teams of labourers, or trackmen (US: gandy dancers; UK: platelayers; Australia: fettlers or packers) under the supervision of a skilled ganger
Railway_track
Suburb of Tauranga, New Zealand
was laid with 55lb rails. In 1910 2 platelayers' cottages were built, in 1911 2 in 1913 a drainage and a platelayers' cottages and 2 railway houses in 1928
Mount_Maunganui
and Middlesex. Before becoming hangman, Binns was employed as foreman platelayer at Dewsbury by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, but after
Bartholomew_Binns
Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
The railway line and platelayers hut at Saughtree Station
Saughtree
protesting a planned mass layoff. A stray bullet killed an uninvolved platelayer working on the nearby railroad. 1931-01-03 Steffensdorfer, Wilhelm 17
List of killings by law enforcement officers in pre-reunification Germany
List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_pre-reunification_Germany
Scottish poet (1845–1909)
working in a quarry; some two years later (1862), he became a surfaceman or platelayer on the Glasgow and South-Western Railway, and generally wrote under the
Alexander_Anderson_(poet)
Royal train for the use of the British royal family and staff
special protection. Jointly with the other companies along the route, platelayers and other workers were mobilised to inspect every bridge along the 600-mile
British_Royal_Train
Railway accidents in Ireland
Galway, and Castlerea, County Roscommon Passenger train struck axle from platelayer's trolley and derailed [21] MGW 8 September 1907 1 0 7 Kilrane, near Rosslare
List of Irish railway accidents
List_of_Irish_railway_accidents
Railway using horses to pull goods wagons
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
Wagonway
Railway accidents in the 19th century
train reached Round Oak at about 8.10 pm; as it drew to a halt a foreman-platelayer heard a loud 'snap' as the coupling behind the eleventh coach broke and
Round_Oak_rail_accident
Norwegian railway
subdivided into 17 divisions. Each division had two employees, a platelayer foreman and a platelayer, in addition to four seasonal workers during the summer.
Rauma_Line
goods train at Arcola when it was diverted onto a siding in error. A platelayer was killed and several passengers were injured. On 11 February 1940, five
Palatino_Express
New Zealand poet and writer
Ireland, and had married in Wellington on 7 October 1885. John was a platelayer on the New Zealand Railways. She attended Tuamarina School from 1901 to
Eileen_Duggan
Disused railway station in South Yorkshire, England
closure of the station on 1 January 1875, this structure served as a platelayers hut until the mid-1950s. See also Sprotborough (H&B) railway station
Sprotborough (SYR) railway station
Sprotborough_(SYR)_railway_station
Former station near Cork, Ireland
November 1859 and was closed on 7 February 1966. In May 1911, an assistant platelayer was struck by a train travelling from Cork to Queenstown (Cobh). He was
Dunkettle_railway_station
Railway station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Chief Librarian at the University of Edinburgh. He was a surfaceman or platelayer on the Glasgow and South Western Railway, and generally wrote under the
Kirkconnel_railway_station
Railway station in North Yorkshire, England
the North Eastern Railway in 1854. In 1858 the NER built six pairs of platelayers cottages along the Whitby branch to the design of their architect Thomas
Levisham_railway_station
Railway station in England
line has been mothballed, with no definitive plans. On 19 March 1844, a platelayer was killed on the incline leading into the station when he was hit by
Folkestone Harbour railway station
Folkestone_Harbour_railway_station
National Rail station in London, England
wrecking the train. Five platelayers in the wagons were killed in the collision and many passengers were injured. A sixth platelayer and the passenger train's
Blackheath_railway_station
Pre-grouping British railway company
1905, an express passenger train was derailed at Witham, Essex due to a platelayer's error. Eleven people were killed and 71 were injured. On 9 January 1913
Great_Eastern_Railway
1851 railway incident in Cheshire, England
Viaduct there is an adverse gradient of 1:240 and the fireman and a local platelayer sanded the rails. Despite this the train made only slow progress, even
Sutton Tunnel railway accident
Sutton_Tunnel_railway_accident
Lodge. Busta 4wDM Fairbanks Morse A platelayers trolley originally used by U.S. Army. Used on WHR as a platelayers trolley in the 1920s and 1930s. Monster
List of Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock
List_of_Ffestiniog_Railway_rolling_stock
Railway in England (1830–1845)
there were new wagons for them to take on and a black flag being used by platelayers to indicate works on the track. Any flag waved violently, or at night
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway
Railway station near Bristol, England
from a passing train and smashed against the signal box's woodwork. A platelayer was hit by a train in 1908, suffering a broken arm; and in 1942 track
Pilning_railway_station
Town in Western Australia
have been heritage-listed, are the only surviving timber and iron clad platelayers' cottages in Western Australia and are among a very small number of nineteenth-century
Waroona,_Western_Australia
1918 railway accident in England
thaw blocked both tracks ahead of the train. Just five minutes earlier a platelayer had walked past the spot and seen nothing amiss. The engine, a Midland
Little_Salkeld_rail_accident
Railway line in New Zealand
passing loop, telephone to Reefton and Stillwater and stationmaster's and platelayer's houses. In 1909 it was noted cattle yards were needed. Ngahere was one
Stillwater–Ngākawau_line
Former railway station in Gloucestershire, England
Adjoining the house was accommodation for other staff: a ganger and platelayer. The goods yard closed on 25 September 1950, followed soon after by the
Weston-sub-Edge railway station
Weston-sub-Edge_railway_station
UK railway line
the guard attempted to unlock the doors of an overturned coach, and a platelayer started back to warn any following train. A "policeman" (i.e. a railway
Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
Glasgow_and_Paisley_Joint_Railway
double-headed freight train derailed at Winston, County Durham after platelayers had removed a rail before it passed. November 2 – United States – Baker
List of rail accidents (1900–1909)
List_of_rail_accidents_(1900–1909)
Former railway station in England
is marked only by some old semaphore signal posts, some slates and a platelayers' hut.[citation needed] The station was the only one on the line built
Havant_New_railway_station
Former railway workshops in Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Sub-Station N Bolt Shop O Tool Room P1 Steaming and Boiler Mounting PL Platelayers; Loco. Works, Rails, Roads and Water Mains Maintenance Q Angle Iron Smiths
Swindon_Works
Disused railway station in Kent, England
adjoining rifle range, Milton Range Halt was more frequently used by platelayers and railway workmen who would unload tools and materials at this desolate
Milton Range Halt railway station
Milton_Range_Halt_railway_station
Railway station in South Lanarkshire, Scotland
contractor's employee in the vicinity. 1867: A train ran over and killed a platelayer. 1869: In the Rutherglen tunnel about 150 yards (137 m) west of the then
Rutherglen_railway_station
Welsh footballer
Bailiff retired from football at the age of 39 and went on to work as a platelayer for a railway company. He died in Aberdare in 1972. "Index entry". FreeBMD
William_Ellis_Bailiff
English footballer
1900 in Bingham, Nottinghamshire, the son of George Bunting, a railway platelayer, and his wife Sarah. He served as a sergeant in the King's Own Yorkshire
Jack_Bunting
1936 documentary film directed by Harry Watt, Basil Wright
pile into a clapped-out car" and drive there to get the one shot. The platelayers were filmed several miles north of Hemel Hempstead as the film crew walked
Night_Mail
Disused railway station in South Yorkshire, England
station was not shown in railway timetables as it was only for the use of platelayers and crossing keepers (and their families) to enable them to get into
Joan Croft Halt railway station
Joan_Croft_Halt_railway_station
Railway station in Highland, Scotland
almost involved in a collision with a platelayer's trolley that had been left on the track. One of the platelayers, John Morrison noticed the train coming
Altnabreac_railway_station
Disused railway station in Cumbria, England
fatal incidents. On 3 August 1906 the body of Furness Railway foreman platelayer James Lewis who lived at the crossing house was found dead on the line
Wraysholme Halt railway station
Wraysholme_Halt_railway_station
Former railway station in England
builders restoring the third chimney stack, while the rest like the platelayers hut and the grain shed was left to rot. A wreckage of a train is rumored
Fittleworth_railway_station
Blockhouse
Blockhouse remained unoccupied between 1875 and 1880. On 20 March 1880, platelayer Michael Brennan was appointed caretaker of the Greenhill Reserve. He and
Onehunga_Blockhouse
Village in Rutland, England
cottages; in the part that was later the shop lived George Hippey, a platelayer. He fell foul of the landlord and one day threw paraffin under the front
South_Luffenham
Disused railway station in England
operated by Class 800 diesel-electric multiple unit 800301 struck a platelayer's trolley that had been left on the line near the site of Challow Station
Challow_railway_station
1905 railway incident in Essex, England
occurred at a trailing crossover which was being worked on by three platelayers. The three maintained they had just been clearing and repacking the ballast
Witham_rail_crash
Visitor attraction in North East England
Van Vanfit VVV 1/208 Operational 21 North Eastern Railway NCB Lambton Platelayers Van Undergoing Restoration DB 996297 1953 Head Wrightson 50 ton 8 wheel
North_Tyneside_Steam_Railway
Railway station in Derbyshire, England
George Wolfe and Joseph Richard Henderson, were killed along with a platelayer, James Herbert Chapman. The verdict at the inquest, held by Colonel Alan
Hope railway station (England)
Hope_railway_station_(England)
English cricketer
Page was born in Caverswall, Staffordshire the son of Samuel Page, a platelayer, and his wife Phoebe. He was a boilermaker and in 1881 was widowed with
William_Page_(cricketer)
Television series
station. Bill Jelly is introduced as a local tramp, living in a nearby platelayers' lineside hut. The railway's 4-wheeled open freight truck is used to
The_Flockton_Flyer
Heritage railway station in Buckinghamshire, England
relic of Wotton Tramway days, was removed from its wheels and used as a platelayer's hut at Brill. An elderly Brown, Marshalls and Co passenger coach was
Quainton_Road_railway_station
Disused railway tunnel in West Yorkshire, England
found in the tunnel near to the Cross Roads portal in March 1891 by a platelayer. It was estimated that his age was around 37 and that a train had caused
Lees_Moor_Tunnel
Railway in Lincolnshire, England
several people were drowned. One Mablethorpe family escaped by using a platelayers’ trolley on the line. The whole area was evacuated and a battle began
Mablethorpe_loop_railway
Railway station in Suffolk, England
whilst trying to get out of the way of an engine. On 21 August 1912, a platelayer (track worker) was hit by the engine of a troop train, having failed to
Ipswich_railway_station
Arriving at Wichnor Junction I was surprised to see a large number of platelayers, about, two or three engines in steam, and a saloon carriage in the siding
South_Staffordshire_Railway
as plates, and the railway is sometimes called a plateway. The term "platelayer" also derives from this origin. In theory, the unflanged wheels could
History_of_the_railway_track
Australian politician
1948) was an Australian politician. He was born in Burrumbeet to railway platelayer Michael Quirk and Catherine Houlihan. He attended state schools and worked
Bill Quirk (Australian politician)
Bill_Quirk_(Australian_politician)
Disused railway station in Penpergwm, Monmouthshire
accidents recorded in local newspapers: 4 April 1865. Thomas Morley, a platelayer, while avoiding the path of one train was hit by a pilot engine on the
Penpergwm_railway_station
British pre-grouping railway company
passenger train was allowed to enter due to an error by a signalman. Five platelayers were killed. January 1877 – a landslip at the eastern end of Martello
South Eastern Railway (England)
South_Eastern_Railway_(England)
Early British railway company (1840–1844)
he described as "skilled replacements" who included in their number a platelayer, a fireman, a stonemason, two had been sacked for drunkenness and one
North_Midland_Railway
Early Irish railway line now partially closed
C&YR line, at Dunkettle railway station, on 8 May 1911. An assistant platelayer, James Walsh, was struck by the buffer of the engine of an express passenger
Cork_and_Youghal_Railway
Disused railway station in North Yorkshire, England
houses between the station building and Black Bull level crossing for platelayers and labourers. Hoole, Ken (1977). Railways in Yorkshire; 3 – The North
Kirby_railway_station
Railway station in Isle of Man, United Kingdom
complete with station name, litter bins and a repaint of the former platelayers' hut from green into royal maroon to make the structure stand out from
Ballabeg_station
Former train station near Bristol, England
worker lost their life at Mangotsfield in 1934: Albert Henry Noad, a platelayer of 35 years' experience, was clearing weeds from the side of the track
Mangotsfield_railway_station
The curve was subject to a speed limit of 5 mph (8 km/h) and led "the platelayer [..] to keep a supply of rail chairs and other spares to hand in case
Gotham_Curve
Railway tunnel in Gloucestershire, England
deaths and it is thought that no investigation was carried out. Four platelayers were killed in the tunnel on 14 April 1896. This is mentioned in Hansard
Sapperton_Railway_Tunnel
English manufacturer
supplied was very extensive and included supporting equipment such as platelayers' tools. To support the main business and provide a complete service to
Robert_Hudson_(company)
Defunct railway station in New Zealand
for a caretaker, stockyards and 2 platelayers' cottages were built. In 1913 the porter asked to rent a platelayer's cottage and £21,050 was spent to build
Otiria_railway_station
Former railway station in Derbyshire, England
The station had a wooden shelter and a telephone box. As well as a platelayers hut. It was located just north of Ogston Reservoir, passenger traffic
Woolley_railway_station
Locality in Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand
house, platform, loading bank, cattle yards, privies, urinals and 3 platelayers' cottages were established at the Waimahaka station. In 1908, another
Waimahaka
Former railway station in England
buildings, and extremely comfortable those rooms are, too. Her husband is a platelayer on the railway. The trains stop for Sir John's family and visitors when
Watchingwell Halt railway station
Watchingwell_Halt_railway_station
Railway in Scotland
in need of major renewal. The routine maintenance was carried out by platelayers with the assistance of a labourer, each responsible for about two miles
Peebles_Railway
Former English railway line
turntable. Other buildings included goods sheds, coal drops, and gatehouses/platelayers cottages which were typically single storey buildings with distinctive
York–Beverley_line
Village and parish in West Sussex, England
centuries the Steyning Line railway supported the local economy with platelayer's cottages built near the church. Today the major industry in the community
Botolphs
Railway crash in England in 1910
crews and the express train's guards, the sleeping car attendants, some platelayers from a hut a short distance up the line and a shepherd whose home was
Hawes_Junction_rail_crash
British mechanical engineer (1947–2024)
Gladys Smith and grew up in Greenfield, Saddleworth. His grandfather was a platelayer, to which he attributes his love of railway engineering. He attended Hulme
Roderick_Smith_(professor)
Former railway station in Oxfordshire, England
there until well into British Railways days and was used by gangers and platelayers. The remains of Abingdon Junction survived for several years before their
Abingdon Junction railway station
Abingdon_Junction_railway_station
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