 | | Re: Railroad 2-man pushcar? —Russell Clark
| | | | (...) 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: (URL) the way, if anyone wants to sell a 7777, please let me know. Russell (25 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Railroad 2-man pushcar? —Larry Pieniazek
| | | | | | (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Railroad 2-man pushcar? —Russell Clark
| | | | | | | (...) 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. (...) Correct. (...) I have downloaded the entire book, but having an original copy would be nice. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Railroad 2-man pushcar? —Bryan Kinkel
| | | | | (...) <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 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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