I used to have to move cars ahead on a siding with a lever tool. What is that thing called?
Thanks,
Wes
Semi OT: What do you call that lever you use to move a box car?
Jul 20, 2008
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McMaster calls it a "railcar mover", who would have guessed? #
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An "inch bar" for inching the car along.
Wolfgang
I like that one. Seems that is how far I could move a loaded car per stroke.
Wes
In my RR days we called it a pinch bar. Pretty impressive to move a 100,000 # rail car with a hand tool.
Bob Swinney
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It is just called a "car mover" Check this site scroll down a bit to the the car mover.
Also check and search for railcar mover and scroll about 3/4 down the page.
Howard Garner railfan for more years then I care to think of.
I always herd them called "Johnson bars" ...lew...
I thought that was the place railroad workers stopped to get drunk on the way home from work. ;-)
Depends on where you are...
In the locomotive cab, it controls the length of time steam is admitted to the cylinders.
In a light aircraft it raises and lowers the flaps and/or gear if they are manually operated.
In a Caterpillar tractor, it's the forward and reverse lever.
Prolly a half dozen more uses.
I call the two I have "car jacks".
Brian Lawson
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