One of my pleasures in recent days has been watching real gandy dancers. Out on the big construction job it was necessary to move some railroad track. Normally this would all be done with magical modern equipment. However, for some reason the crew doing the job is doing it all with hand tools the old fashion way. Building a railroad is not easy task. Watching these people work makes me wonder how they get people to do it. Pulling spikes by hand and moving huge ties with tongs is no easy task. Strangest of all in North Dakota is see a crew of big whites guys all under the direction of one big black guy. Seems weird, but it is good to see time are changing. It's like someone turned something inside out. The white guys are playing the role of the dumb brutes and the black guy is telling them the way it's done.
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