I keep coming across this word in a transcription I'm doing, and can't find the correct spelling in any searches I do. Unless I'm not hearing it right, it sounds like they're saying "bundy maul." Any suggestions or helps?
2007-11-02 04:17:29 · 6 answers · asked by darylann 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Rail
I have only heard of the "spike" maul.
2007-11-02 11:28:06 · answer #1 · answered by Samurai Hoghead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a retired trackman with forty years service. It's not "Bundy Maul" but rather Munday Maul. It is your basic Sledge Hammer. It is not used to drive spikes. That takes a Spike maul. Some one refers to the Gandy Tool Company as the source of the term Gandydancer. That is a myth, There is no record of such a company ever existed. Gandydance come from the way men carring a rail waddle as they walk.
2015-09-20 14:15:45 · answer #2 · answered by Jim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bundy maul is a heavy narrow hammer used for driving rail spikes into the ties.
2007-11-02 08:22:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could it be " GANDY" maul ? Thre are railroad folklore references to a Gandy Tool Co. that used to make track repair and construction tools.
Its supposed to be a Chicago business, but I have yet to find any solid information on it.
But as a Gandy Dancer's tool, maybe this is what is meant? I dunno, its a reach.
Spike maul is a more familiar term. I have driven a spike or two just once and we called the hammer just a plain maul.
Otherwise, don't know.
2007-11-03 13:09:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be a local slang....Try posting on this site....
http://www.railroad.net/forums/index.php
Some other railroad terminology and slang
http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/glossry1.Html
2007-11-02 05:48:01 · answer #5 · answered by paul h 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the nycta they call it a "Gerry"
2007-11-04 14:34:40 · answer #6 · answered by 1800unclebrian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋