What do you call the machines in cartoons...?

0 ⤊

that have a lever you push up and down mechanically across a train track? I'm having trouble looking it up becasue I don;t know what it is called.

2007-03-25 08:39:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering

It is either a "rail inspection car" or a "hand car."

2007-03-25 08:45:36 · answer #1 · answered by Dee V Dub 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

You are looking for a railroad handcar.
They are not only in cartoons, although recent handcars are no longer hand powered.

2007-03-25 08:46:14 · answer #2 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The old timers called them "gandy dancers"

2007-03-25 09:41:07 · answer #3 · answered by Brian T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋