Do you know what the things are called on a train tracks that you move by manually pumping it up and down?

Question

Do you know what the things are called on a train tracks that you move by manually pumping it up and down?

Answer 1

The correct name is a dolly.

Answer 2

i've heard them called handcar, railcar , trackcar, and

servicecar.

Answer 3

bogies

Answer 4

Pump Trolley.

Answer 5

We always called ours the hand car. Different names, they all refer to the same thing.

Answer 6

They're called a railroad hand car.  Here's a site all about them.

http://www.handcar.net/

Once upon a time some salesmen for the Fairmont Farm Engine Co. saw a hot and sweaty track crew pump one by their factory.   BING!  A lightbulb went off in their heads.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speeder

What ever happened to Fairmont?

http://www.fairmonttamper.com/

Click "Products & Services" then "Hy-rail" to see what ultimately replaced the hand cars.   Fairmont is still king of the business.

Answer 7

Hand cart or bogey--takes me back some years,when instead of going to school took a ride on one of those---got into trouble too

Answer 8

A rail cart

Answer 9

A Hand Cart

Answer 10

Are you referring to equipment on the rail track? if so pints can be moved manually, or it could be a ground frame.

Answer 11

bogey

Answer 12

Hand Car

although I am sure the people who had to make them move had lots of more descriptave names.

when I started working they were all powered by small gas engines and we called 'em speeders.

Answer 13

I think they used to be called dolly karts.