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Luigi Naruszewicz Send message Joined: 19 Nov 99 Posts: 620 Credit: 23,910,372 RAC: 14	Message 1486847 - Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 0:36:32 UTC Has it something to do overhead wiring. To operate a safety trip. . A person who makes no mistakes, creates nothing. ID: 1486847 ·
John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1486854 - Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 0:51:45 UTC - in response to Message 1486847.   Has it something to do overhead wiring. To operate a safety trip. Nope. It can be used correctly on non-electrified lines. I believe it could be used on electrified lines as well. BOINC WIKI ID: 1486854 ·
Luigi Naruszewicz Send message Joined: 19 Nov 99 Posts: 620 Credit: 23,910,372 RAC: 14	Message 1486988 - Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 14:26:30 UTC used to operate automatic brake release valve so that wagons can be shunted without brake being connected up. . A person who makes no mistakes, creates nothing. ID: 1486988 ·
John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1487160 - Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 20:48:38 UTC - in response to Message 1486988.   used to operate automatic brake release valve so that wagons can be shunted without brake being connected up. Not used on the brakes. BOINC WIKI ID: 1487160 ·
John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1487162 - Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 20:49:41 UTC Hint for the evening. Although it is a rail road tool, many of the legitimate users are not rail road employees, but employee of customers of the rail road. BOINC WIKI ID: 1487162 ·
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0	Message 1487177 - Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 21:17:14 UTC Does it have to do with the seals they put on rail cars? ID: 1487177 ·
John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1487179 - Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 21:18:22 UTC - in response to Message 1487177.   Does it have to do with the seals they put on rail cars? No. BOINC WIKI ID: 1487179 ·
Luigi Naruszewicz Send message Joined: 19 Nov 99 Posts: 620 Credit: 23,910,372 RAC: 14	Message 1487191 - Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 22:16:40 UTC Is it used in shifting luggage ? . A person who makes no mistakes, creates nothing. ID: 1487191 ·
John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1487193 - Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 22:56:22 UTC - in response to Message 1487191.   Is it used in shifting luggage ? No. It is not usually used with passenger trains, although it could be. BOINC WIKI ID: 1487193 ·
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0	Message 1487203 - Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 23:13:04 UTC A mature northern owl tipped me off to a train car lifter? ID: 1487203 ·
John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1487230 - Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 0:03:41 UTC - in response to Message 1487203.   A mature northern owl tipped me off to a train car lifter? It does not lift the train car. BOINC WIKI ID: 1487230 ·
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0	Message 1487234 - Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 0:20:34 UTC Mover ID: 1487234 ·
John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1487239 - Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 0:27:40 UTC - in response to Message 1487234.   Mover It is indeed a train car mover. This is typically used by clients of the rail road to move cars around on their spur. You place the tool under and behind a wheel and pull down on the handle. BOINC WIKI ID: 1487239 ·
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0	Message 1487241 - Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 0:33:44 UTC Last modified: 11 Mar 2014, 1:22:17 UTC Ok then, I'll go a looking after supper for a new pix, that was not a tool that your every day sort of Joe would have known about..... Edit: Ok here we go! It has a special use, and name..... Go get 'em team. ID: 1487241 ·
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0	Message 1487263 - Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 2:01:21 UTC Used for scraping hides. ID: 1487263 ·
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0	Message 1487277 - Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 3:08:03 UTC No Sir. ID: 1487277 ·
Luigi Naruszewicz Send message Joined: 19 Nov 99 Posts: 620 Credit: 23,910,372 RAC: 14	Message 1487341 - Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 7:23:47 UTC Stone axe or hammer . A person who makes no mistakes, creates nothing. ID: 1487341 ·
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0	Message 1487411 - Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 13:11:30 UTC Getting warmer but a specialty tool.. ID: 1487411 ·
Luigi Naruszewicz Send message Joined: 19 Nov 99 Posts: 620 Credit: 23,910,372 RAC: 14	Message 1487438 - Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 14:31:30 UTC Last modified: 11 Mar 2014, 14:31:49 UTC is it a bola ? . A person who makes no mistakes, creates nothing. ID: 1487438 ·
John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1487486 - Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 21:03:27 UTC It might be called an arrow straightener. BOINC WIKI ID: 1487486 ·

 
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