Spiker (other)

	Spiker (other) Spiker may refer to: * Spike driver, a piece of rail transport maintenance of way equipment for driving spikes * Spiker (film), ''Spiker'' (film), 1986 sports drama * Spiker (surname) See also * Spike (other) * Spyker (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Spike Driver A spike driver (also known as a spiker) is a piece of rail transport maintenance of way equipment. Its purpose is to drive rail spikes into the railroad tie, ties on a rail tracks, rail track to hold the rail in place. Many different sizes of spikers are manufactured and in use around the world. History Historically, spikers was the slang-name for the rail workers who drove in the spikes after the gandy dancers laid the track on the tie. Spikes are used to hold the rail in gauge and keep it connected to the ties. Before the development of automated spikers, this task was done entirely by hand using pickaxes to drive the spikes into the ties. This process was slow and not easy to learn (at the driving of the golden spike that marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869, several executives of the companies building the railroad tried and failed to drive in the final spike, showing how difficult a task it was). To make the process of driving spikes faster an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Spiker (film) ''Spiker'' is an American 1986 sports drama film directed by Roger Tilton. Plot As a sports drama, Spiker centers on the United States men's national volleyball team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Superstar college athletes train hard to be accepted onto the team with the help of a strict coach. Cast * Michael Parks as Coach Doames * Christopher Allport as Newt Steinbech * Jo McDonnell as Marcia Steinbech * Natasha Shneider Natalia Mikhailovna Schneiderman ( rus, links=yes, Наталья Михайловна Шнайдерман, Natal'ya Mikhaylovna Shnayderman, nɐˈtalʲjə mʲɪˈxajlɐvnə ˈʂnajdʲɪrmən; May 22, 1956 – July 2, 2008), known as Natasha Sh ... as Wanda In other media It was parodied by RiffTrax on August 30, 2018. References External links {{IMDb title, 0091995The full movie on Tubi [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Spiker (surname) Spiker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Zach Spiker (born 1976), American college basketball coach * John Spiker (born 1981), American musician * Olivia Spiker (born 1981), Polish-German female amateur boxer * A. J. Spiker (born 1979), Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa The Republican Party of Iowa (RPI) is the affiliate of the Republican Party (United States), United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is chaired by Jeff Kaufmann. The RPI operates the Republican side of the Iowa caucu ... {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Spike (other) Spike, spikes, or spiking may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Books * ''The Spike'' (novel), a novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave * ''The Spike'' (Broderick book), a nonfiction book by Damien Broderick * ''The Spike'', a starship in Peter F. Hamilton's ''The Evolutionary Void'' Comics * ''Spike'' (DC Thomson) a British comics anthology published by DC Thomson * ''Spike'' (IDW Publishing), an American comic book series featuring the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' character Film and television * ''Spike'' (2008 film), directed by Robert Beaucage * Spike (dog actor) * Spike (TV channel), a former name of the American cable network Paramount Network 5Spike, a former localized British version of the American channel Spike (Australian TV channel), a localized version of the American channel ** Spike (Dutch TV channel), a localized version of the American channel * "Spike!", a segment of the 2017 Thai TV series '' Project S: The Series'' Music * ''Spike'' (Agata albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]