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Gandy dancers are celebrated in The Gandy Dancer Festival, in Mazomanie, Wisconsin. [35] The Ann Arbor (Michigan) railroad station was converted into a restaurant called the Gandy Dancer. Folk singer Huddie Ledbetter (aka Lead Belly), sang about the work of the gandy dancer in the lyrics of an unaccompanied work song, "Linin' Track".
A traquero is a railroad track worker, or "section hand", especially a Mexican or Mexican American railroad track worker ("gandy dancer" in American English usage). The word derives from "traque", Spanglish for "track".
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
By the 1960s, passenger service had slowed to a trickle, and in 1970 the railroad sold the station to restaurateur Chuck Muer, who converted the station into a restaurant, the Gandy Dancer. [3] In 1976, the restaurant was expanded, enclosing the space between the main depot and the former baggage station.
Gandy Dancer State Trail in Webster, Wisconsin. The trail follows the old Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railroad grade from St. Croix Falls to Superior.The trail is divided up into a north and south segment with the southern segment accounting for 47 miles all in Wisconsin and the northern segment accounting for 51 miles in both Minnesota and Wisconsin.
It has since been renovated into the "Gandy Dancer" seafood restaurant, which opened in 1970. [3] At the time of the sale the railroad believed it was likely they would soon be ceasing passenger operations outside of the Northeast Corridor , which would have rendered their ownership of the station unnecessary, so, when approached with an offer ...
Gandy dancer, North American slang term for railroad worker Gandi , a French company providing domain name registration, web hosting, and related services Gandhi (disambiguation)
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