Talk:Handcar

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[edit] Handcar = "Gandy dancer"?

I seem to recall these handcars also being known as "gandy-dancers". Does anyone else remember this? Or is my memory making things up again? --Badger151 04:46, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Take a look at this article. oTHErONE _(Contribs) 11:08, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

This may well be another UK/US terminology thing. I was aware of the phrase being used to describe what is here called a handcar in the UK railway modelling press. I was not aware that the term was used to describe a ganger (worker in a track gang), as in gandy dancer.

A major manufacturer (can't remember which, sorry) started producing a motorised ready-to-run HO model of a pump trolley, complete with two gangers. This was a few years ago, but my mind is convincing me that it was known as a gandy dancer at the time.

EdJogg (talk) 01:32, 20 February 2008 (UTC)