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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
Whereas Council workers who work on general civic projects advise of their worksites with fluorescent orange "Workers Ahead" signage, navvies use pale blue "Navvies at Work" signs. In British Columbia , "navvy jack" is a common term in construction and landscaping trades and in their respective supply stores for 1 ⁄ 2 ″ and 3 ⁄ 4 ...
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
A set of railway routes that are bundled for publicity purposes (e.g. a UK train operating company) [205] [206] Railway station Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., an example of a railway station A train station, a stopping point for trains, usually with passenger access Railway terminal A building for passengers at the end of a ...
Railway engineers (3 C, 8 P) L. Locomotive builders and designers (2 C, 188 P) Locomotive superintendents (33 P) R. Railway surgery (1 C, 1 P) T. Train drivers (4 C ...
The British equivalents of the term gandy dancer are navvy (from navigator), originally builders of canals, or inland navigations, for builders of railway lines, and platelayer for workers employed to inspect and maintain the track. In the Southwestern United States and Mexico, Mexican and Mexican-American track workers were colloquially traqueros.
The NUR was an industrial union founded in 1913 by the merger of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (founded 1872), the United Pointsmen and Signalmen's Society (founded 1880) and the General Railway Workers' Union (founded 1889).
The following is a list of unions and brotherhoods playing a significant role in the railroad industry of the United States of America.Many of these entities changed names and merged over the years; this list is based upon the names current during the height of American railway unionism in the first decades of the 20th century.