Hell on Wheels

"HELL ON WHEELS," a term applied to the temporary rails-end towns, or construction camps, of the Union Pacific Railroad. Construction westward along the 42d parallel began in 1865, laying a record-setting average of over a mile of track a day using only picks, shovels, and mules. The term reflected the rough work camps of the all-male, largely Irish laborers, who fought, drank, and caused general hell along the rail as they progressed westward over the prairie and through the mountains. (Columbia Encyclopedia of Something or Other.)

And this is my dorky recording of some people roller-dancing in Central Park. There was a tatooed guy with shredded kneepads who would skate very quickly, then fling himself on his knees and skid across the asphalt. This seemed to delight him to no end. And there was a young woman with her back to me who reminded me of a Peanut's character - she kept doing the same rabbity dance the whole time I was watching. The clip is of poor quality and without any narrative content whatsoever, but it fascinates me.