What is the train car that is pumped by two people to make it move?
Person76 asked:
It’s featured in an arcade game, in which two children on opposite ends of the car have to pump the crank to make the car move. You step on a pedal to make the car tilt over, and you step on both to make it jump.
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It’s featured in an arcade game, in which two children on opposite ends of the car have to pump the crank to make the car move. You step on a pedal to make the car tilt over, and you step on both to make it jump.
October 31st, 2009 at 10:46 pm
What do you mean the name of it? James
November 4th, 2009 at 12:53 am
It is called a “hand cart”. Some people claim they were also called “Gandy Dancers”, but this is inaccurate. Gandy was a large company that made outdoor tools including shovels - the Gandy Shovel. Since section (track) gangs used shovels quite often and many railroads bought shovels from Gandy, it became a slang name for track gangs, Gandy Dancers. But a hand cart was always just hand cart. Derail
November 4th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Hand car or I have heard them called pump car
They are not actually train cars but separate on-track vehicles for maintenance people.
I dont think they were designed to tilt or jump although they probably did by accident a time or two.
watch the opening scenes of “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” Rango
November 5th, 2009 at 3:56 am
No, watch the whole film. It’s brilliant…!! ;o) Fast Reg
November 8th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Hand cart or gandy dancer. elwood blues