Whats this.

A tool to align railroad tracks?

Pig castrator.

Tool to open the bungs on a 55 gallon drum.

I agree with VaBeagler.

Buggy Wrench
Canadian Railroad Tool
Canadian Fire Hydrant Wrench
or
Boco's Trap Stake puller

It is a railroad tool,not for lining though.

Nice.

Anyone who worked on the Railroad will know what it is used for.

Track Switch Bar
or
Boco's Trap Stake Puller

55 gallon drum tool

Not for opening drums.

bung wrench . for the bungs on drum .

No.not a bung wrench-its about a meter long.

Kind of looks like it would be used for pulling spikes.

Decoupling tool

Nope,not a clawbar(for pulling spikes).
Not that wetdog.

Ok...it looks like its lost. Hows that?

I thought it was for separating the cars.too...


Donnie

The airlines

rail car coupler alignment tool

that's a fine tool for smackin ya with when ya get lippy on the job too.

kinda makes it a multi-tool.

One of the weapons still legal in Pakistanada?

Rail roller or rail fork.....l

electric meter on my house is about 10 inchs wide and my water meter about 3 inchs. which meter are you talking about?

It's even colored coded so you know which section gang it belongs to...don't see them much anymore with the new boom trucks and hydraulics on them

I would use it as a sledge hammer.

fire hydrant wrench, and fire hose multi-tool

Looks like most Railroad tools....never used !

yup bung tool .. think the bottom hook would open a grease barrel or can with folded tabs on lid , not sure what the notch did.

Wallfur has it.Rail fork for changing out bolted rail.
We used them a lot on the section.
Sperry car would come in spring and fall,x-ray the rails,mark the defective ones.
Then the work train or boom truck would distribute good rail,then each section would follow the work train rolling out the defective rails and rolling in the good ones.
Boom trucks too slow compared to section gang,but OK for spot changeout here and there on defective rail found in the track by the section crew between sperry checks.Section trucks have hydraulic tools now like bolters and spike pullers and hammers.
Track speed was restricted with defective rail in the track so they all had to be changed out FAST.

Hahaha and the winner is .......lol... hippie years ago on a cold morning l had a section foreman tell us to go to work. That there was "heat" in those tools! I leaned on a shovel all day and never did get warm!!!

You wouldnt have gotten away with that here,the men didnt take kindly to slackers on the crew.
You would have been hauled in and "Greased"

A peaceful protester deterrent here....

Rail turner.

[quote=Boco]You wouldnt have gotten away with that here,the men didnt take kindly to slackers on the crew.
You would have been hauled in and "Greased"[/quote/}.........that story or lie wont hold water.........YOU MADE IT !!!!! case closed lol

I rib my son in law and nephew who "work" for Norfolk Southern. They don't argue much ! LOL

I don't want that tool opening up my bung.

Rail turner,used to turn over rail

Hahaha

A tool for removing the cap on a long neck beer bottle.

.......still in the stone age? wow! we haven't seen bolted main line rail in years.....its all cwr now

I agree with Jurrasic
Its a multi use pig castrator also used to “el-Kabong” the pig for sedation

I installed cwr in the 80s,on the south end.Too hard to manage the cwr on the north line with the weather extremes and the remoteness means things need to be done by the crews in the bush.
Change a lot of broken rail when it gets down to 50 below.
You work MOW wallfur?

yeah ......road master now....we have 90 degree temp swing here some days, but have far less broken rail with cwr.....pull aparts were a never ending thing here bolted rail...plus you don't have as many rail car detector defects...(bolt hole cracks)

I retired in 2012,I was doing beaver control when I retired-best job on the RR,no stress,lol.Lots of overtime to build up the pension.
Was Gang foreman for quite a few years 80's and 90's.Did some track inspection too.Boring job that.
Things changed a lot on the RR over the 36 years I worked there.After a season on the steelgang it was nice to get back up north on the section.
hardly any men working now compared to back in the day.I was glad to get out when I did.

What is the PLT for your ribbon rail where you are?

good for you, I am getting close! yes I know what you mean about change...not even the same place anymore.

It is a tool for one person to turn short pieces of rail over in case it was unloaded on its side, I worked there 42 years