NEB&W Guide to Track Construction EquipmentThis file is open to website members only
Last Update: 2007-03-31
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Back in the days of the building of the transcontinental railroad, all the labor was done by hand. The famous driving of the gold spike was done by swinging a mallet. But towards the end of the steam-era, machinery was developed to handle trackwork.
The Fairmont Gas Engine & Railway Motor Car Co. was established in 1909 in its namesake Minnesota city. They made gas-powered motor cars. But they also pioneered in mechanized track equipment. It