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Re: Railroad 2-man pushcar?
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 11 Jan 1999 04:31:46 GMT
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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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| (...) 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)
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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: (URL) the way, if anyone wants to sell a 7777, please let me know. Russell (25 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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