Gandy Dancer State Trail
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The Gandy Dancer State Trail is a 98-mile recreational trail spanning through Wisconsin and Minnesota. The trail is managed by Polk, Burnett, and Douglas County in Wisconsin and the Minnesota Departme
Gandy Dancer State Trail in Siren, Wisconsin
Gandy Dancer State Trail in Webster, Wisconsin
Gandy Dancer Trail Sign
Gandy dancer
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Gandy dancer is a slang term used for early railroad workers in the United States and Canada, more formally referred to as section hands, who laid and maintained railroad tracks in the years before th
A railroad section gang – including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers – responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway. One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917.
Photo of railroad maintenance section crew, Lake Erie & Western Railroad, Rawson, Ohio, 1920
A "wide awake gang" of section crew workers. Photo shows what appear to be heel claw bars used to pull up spikes. The title and caption of the photo refer to union membership. Published in Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Journal, 1921.
"Typical Stone Ballasted Track", photo published in 1921