From the Archives: Automated `woodpecker` sledgehammer breaks up railroad trestles
(LA Times MLB)

In 1964, old elevated railroad trestles in downtown Los Angeles needed to be removed. A giant mechanical `woodpecker` helped in the demolition. A non-byline story in the March 9, 1964, Los Angeles Times reported: A woodpecker started its rat-a-tat-tat downtown at dawn Sunday, and a giant steel...