The Jackson tamper was introduced in the 1950s on the Northern Pacific Railway and continues in a new role at the Northwest Railway Museum. It has been an unusually long winter…
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The Jackson tamper was introduced in the 1950s on the Northern Pacific Railway and continues in a new role at the Northwest Railway Museum. It has been an unusually long winter…
So Spike, what makes rough track smooth again? A surface, line and dress. Huh? A few short decades ago, gandy dancers did this work with lining bars, hand operated jacks…