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Bryan Kinkel writes:
> You know... On a railroad, what is that two man car where the guys pump up
> and down to make the car go called
> version?
I usually refer to it as a gandy dancer. The game LEGO LOCO comes with one.
There are also instructions to build one in the 7777 Train Idea Book:
http://hiwaay.net/~cnaumann/7777/7777.html
By the way, if anyone wants to sell a 7777, please let me know.
Russell
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Russell Clark wrote:
> I usually refer to it as a gandy dancer. The game LEGO LOCO comes with one.
> There are also instructions to build one in the 7777 Train Idea Book:
Well, I believe it's called a handcar.
And, I believe gandy dancer is slang for a track worker. So called
because the process of setting ties, laying tie plates, dropping rail,
setting spikes, and driving them home, when properly executed by a crew
that knew what they were doing, was so fluid and graceful that it looked
like a ballet.
The UP was able to lay 10 miles of track a day using seasoned crews in
1869 with no other mechanical assistance than horse drawn graders and
locomotives pushing flatcars of ties and rails in front of them down the
newly laid track to keep the track gang supplied. That was achieved
because the crews knew what they were doing, and because they were on
relatively easy terrain.
> By the way, if anyone wants to sell a 7777, please let me know.
Harro had two recently, they went for about 50 each. You just missed it.
There is a site that has a complete scan set.
++Lar
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Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Russell Clark wrote:
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> > I usually refer to it as a gandy dancer.
>
> Well, I believe it's called a handcar.
You are probably right. I looked at the box for my HO scale model and Bachmann
calls it a gandy dancer. That is what I have always called it.
> And, I believe gandy dancer is slang for a track worker. So called
> because the process of setting ties, laying tie plates, dropping rail,
> setting spikes, and driving them home, when properly executed by a crew
> that knew what they were doing, was so fluid and graceful that it looked
> like a ballet.
Correct.
> > By the way, if anyone wants to sell a 7777, please let me know.
>
> Harro had two recently, they went for about 50 each. You just missed it.
> There is a site that has a complete scan set.
I have downloaded the entire book, but having an original copy would be nice.
Russell
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> I usually refer to it as a gandy dancer. The game LEGO LOCO comes with one.
> There are also instructions to build one in the 7777 Train Idea Book:
<sound of palm hitting forehead> I downloaded the entire 7777 book to a
Zip disk and did not even think to look there.... Thanks for the heads
up. Unfortunately, due to a nasty, incapacitating bought of the flu, I
did not do any building this weekend... drat.
Bryan
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