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Gandydancer is, indeed, an Americanism for track layers. They were often immigrants, Irish and Chinese being quite common, at least in the western portion of the country from the 1860s and on. Thankful that in 15 mm there is a nice set of train men from Peter Pig. No specific track layers but figures that can be used - except I'm not aware of any Chinese track layers. The so-called 'coolie' hat being a distinctive item of wear.