GANDY DANCER"Track laborer. Name may have originated from the gander-like tremulations of a man tamping ties, or from the old Gandy Manufacturing Company of Chicago, which made tamping bars, claw bars, picks, and shovels ...
Gandy Dancer
Slang term for a crew member hired to maintain railroad track and roadbed. Some attribute its origin to the Gandy Manufacturing Company of Chicago, which made track maintenance tools.
Gandy Dancer
Fireman
Diamond Pusher, Smoke Agent, Tallow pot, Fire boy, Coal heaver ...
Gandy Dancer
Member of a track section gang--so-called because the movements and chants of early track-laying crews resembled orchestrated dancing.
Gangway ...
Gandy Dancer A railroad track worker. Name came from the Gandy Mfg Co. in the 19th century that made a lot of track tools. Gateway See Interchange Point Gauge
Broad gauge (Spain):
1674 mm
5'5 9/10th"
Broad gauge (Portugal):
1665 mm ...
Gandy Dancer - Member of a section gang.
Gangway - The space between the locomotive and the tender through which the crew enters and leaves.
Garden - Freight yard.
Gandy dancer (slang, US): A track maintenance worker.[26]
Garratt: A type of articulated locomotive.
Gauge: The width between the inner faces of the rails.
Here is yet another SMALL project to prove that your gandy dancers are working hard to keep the good old earth off the rails and under the ties.
1) One who builds or repairs railroad track.
2) The title of a track laborer or Gandy dancer. His boss is a king snipe.
Snoozer
Pullman sleeping car.
 See also: Engine, Switch, Gauge, Car, Turnout
  
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