There are a man and a woman
standing in the doorway of this train car. Upon closer examination, I recognized my gggrandmother, Rhoda Lovelady Burns, & the only photo I have of my gggrandfather Thomas Clarance Burns. The Gandy Dancers was a name given the train crews
who rode those little pump cars....I think to check the rails for repair. They were called dancers because of the way they looked pumping up and down, up and down.If you were to enlarge the photo of the train car, just in front of it is a crew of gentlemen. They are the gandy dancers!
People in photo include: Rhoda Lovelady Burns
From Karl Benz in 1885 to Elon Musk's Tesla, cars have always been a passion for some. See the evolution of car technology and the types of cars that caught our fancy in the past.
In the 1880's, in an effort to invent an automobile that could be used every day - rather than just a fire pumper or a locomotive for special use - inventors tried steam, gasoline, or electricity as a...
Trains, engineers, railroad workers, passengers, depots, and spectacular tracks and bridges - these photos of steam and diesel powered transportation are from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Since the invention of the first steam train in 1804, trains have created massive cultural changes: They have changed the way we travel, the work we do, and even the food we eat. They are also a roman...
Old photos of different types of transportation - trains, planes, automobiles, and more - as well as the people who piloted them.
Of air, water, and land, only flying through the air had eluded humans for millennia. Wheels on carts as well as river boats are known to have been used since 3500 B.C. But since that time - especiall...