handcar
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1|right|3-wheeled handcar or velocipede on a railroad track upright=1|thumb|right|Preserved railroad velocipede on exhibit at the Toronto Railway Historical Association A handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, rail push trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, velocipede, gandy dancer cart, '''platelayers' cart, draisine, or railbike''') is a railroad car powered by its passengers or by people pushing the car from behind. It is mostly used as a railway maintenance of way or mining car, but it was also used for passenger service in some cases.
Article
18 sectionsContents
- Design and function
- Modern usage
- Racing
- Tourist usage
- By country
- Great Britain
- United States
- Australia
- Guatemala
- India
- Japan
- Philippines
- Taiwan
- In popular culture
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1|right|3-wheeled handcar or velocipede on a railroad track upright=1|thumb|right|Preserved railroad velocipede on exhibit at the Toronto Railway Historical Association A handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, rail push trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, velocipede, gandy dancer cart, '''platelayers' cart, draisine, or railbike) is a railroad car powered by its passengers or by people pushing the car from behind. It is mostly used as a railway maintenance of way or mining car, but it was also used for passenger service in some cases.
==Design and function== A typical design consists of an arm, called the walking beam, that pivots seesaw-like on a base, which the passengers alternately push down and pull up to move the car.