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Posted: 01 Sep 2017


Taken: 01 Sep 2017

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Working on the Railroad All the Live-Long Day

Working on the Railroad All the Live-Long Day
A tools photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

A real photo postcard showing a group of men working on railroad track maintenance (workers like these were sometimes called "gandy dancers").

The man on the left is using a track jack to adjust the height of a rail. The man next to him is posing with another tool, probably a sledge hammer. The boy in the middle is carrying a bucket. The fellow on the right is sitting on some sort of long bar—maybe a claw bar for pulling spikes—that appears to be wedged under one of the cross ties.

Deborah Lundbech, Smiley Derleth have particularly liked this photo


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 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
A wonderful illustration of the theme, Alan! Multiple (interesting) tools!
7 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Your beautiful capture is greatly admired

Historical & Architectural Gems
7 years ago.
 RicksPics
RicksPics club
Great representation of the theme, Alan. Also, I just sang that song with the residents at my mom's care home and they all knew the lyrics. Good Wiki article too. Thanks.
7 years ago.

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