Semi OT: What do you call that lever you use to move a box car?

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