handcar
Track worker's transport
A handcar is a small railroad maintenance vehicle propelled by pumping a lever up and down by hand.
Workers once used handcars to travel along tracks for inspection and repair.
The image of two people seesawing the handle appears frequently in old movies and cartoons: They escaped on a handcar, pumping furiously down the tracks.
Rotary operating handle
- leverPivoting bar for lifting
- pumpFluid-moving machine
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
axle · wheel · motion · drive · linkage · bearings · sprocket · treadle
One driving too quickly
- pump-trolleyLever-propelled rail vehicle
- jiggerSmall liquid measure
- velocipedeEarly pedal-driven vehicle
- railbikePedal-powered rail vehicle
Path or monitored route
- railsGuiding metal bars
- tiesConnections or neckwear
- ballastShip stability material
- gaugeStandard of measurement
locomotive · freight · caboose · conductor · signal · junction · depot · platform
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- muscleContractile body tissue
- effortApplied energy toward goals
strain · fatigue · endurance · strength · grind · hardship · tiring · physical
Formal assessment of condition
- repairRestore to working order
- toolsDevices for doing work
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
right-of-way · clearance · supplies · equipment · trackwalker
Quality from past eras
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- 19th-centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
relic · Victorian · era · old-fashioned · restoration · artifact · antique · frontier
crank
Rotary operating handle
pulley · axle · wheel · motion · drive · linkage · bearings · sprocket · treadle · handle
speeder
One driving too quickly
- pump-trolleyLever-propelled rail vehicle
- jiggerSmall liquid measure
- velocipedeEarly pedal-driven vehicle
track
Path or monitored route
gauge · locomotive · freight · caboose · conductor · signal · junction · depot · platform · station
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
effort · strain · fatigue · endurance · strength · grind · hardship · tiring · physical · pumping
inspection
Formal assessment of condition
surveying · right-of-way · clearance · supplies · equipment · trackwalker
vintage
Quality from past eras
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- 19th-centuryThe eighteen hundreds
pioneer · relic · Victorian · era · old-fashioned · restoration · artifact · antique · frontier · gold-rush
- railroadsteam engine, locomotive, caboose, boxcar, coal tender
- historic transportcoach, phaeton, stagecoach, barouche, horse and buggy
- unpowered vehiclesbicycle, tricycle, unicycle, wheelchair, kayak
- model trainsmodel trains, train set, train sets, electric trains, electric train
- hand-powered vehiclesrowboat, canoe, kayak, paddleboard, raft
- railway partsrail, rails, track, tracks, wheel
handcarlocomotive
Railway pulling machine
steam engine · diesel locomotive · electric train · steam train · bullet train
handcarfreight train
Rail vehicle hauling cargo
passenger train · locomotive · express train · commuter train · subway train
- handcrafted ceramicsManually shaped fired clay
handcrafted, handcart, handcraft, handcrafts, handcrafting, handcarts, handcars