Each division had a railway-owned house for the family of the two platelayers. In 1859 there were two platelayers and 27 brakesmen. The men were stonemasons, joiners, farm labourers, platelayers, railway surfacemen, etc. The railway has a Permanent Way team, with a full-time staff of platelayers. When the enquiry was reopened the three platelayers stuck to their original story.