poseur de rails
Sign in to saveAlso known as trackman, trackwoman, track inspector, ganger, plate-layer, track foreman, trackwomen, fettler
thumb|Trackwomen, 1943. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company A platelayer (British English), fettler (British English – UK, Australia, NZ) or trackman (American English) is a railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway, usually working in teams or gangs under the charge of a foreman called (in UK, Australia and NZ) the "ganger", often assisted by an assistant ganger. The term "platelayer" derives from the plates used to build plateways, an early form of railway.
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It is catalogued under the topic Railway occupations.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- profession
- Subclass of
- railway worker
- Image
- Gotthard Inside I (22194681986).jpg
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- female form of label
- обходчица
- facet of
- rail transport operations
- Commons category
- Rail transport maintenance workers
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