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Offline jake

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surface man
« on: Sunday 17 July 05 22:07 BST (UK) »
can anyone tell me what a railway surface man would do in the 1800s
                     thanks jake
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Re: surface man
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 17 July 05 22:41 BST (UK) »
Hi

The following taken from RootsWeb Scotland.

"A surfaceman was a person who maintained the railroad tracks and rail bed the
area where the tracks were laid."

Bryan
Brownell...Sheffield.
Rodgers....Sheffield
Harper...Great Barford,Beds. 
Hull...Roxton,Beds
Wostenholme,Sheffield, 
Elliot, Baslow,Derbyshire
Duke, Birmingham.....Sheffield
Palmer, Nottingham....Holbeach
Hall,Nottingham

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Re: surface man
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 17 July 05 23:57 BST (UK) »
hi again bryan
                    thanks again appreciated
                             jake
reseaching barnes/moore/rouse/willams/whyte/
/broadbent
staffordshire/warwickshire/berkshire
williams/white/ scotland glasgow/ireland// hitchenor /
leake. nicholls
warwickshire/worcester/ staffordshire
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