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Railroad Tools
« on: July 08, 2020, 01:42:46 PM »
This picture is not dated, it is of The Brooklyn Rapid Recking tool car. Brooklyn Rapid Transit 1896-1923. It’s a glass negative which explains the crystal clear shot. It’s so clear you could smell the car, look at this tools...you know who ever used those tools, treated them as if he owned them personally. You could eat off that floor.
« Last Edit: July 08, 2020, 03:49:50 PM by Papaw »
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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2020, 03:30:13 PM »
Impressive, thanks for sharing!!!!  Regards, Lou
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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2020, 05:25:18 PM »
That Rope!!!
A place for everything and everything on the floor

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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2020, 07:50:50 PM »
Great stuff in that photo!! Is that a jack toward bottom right?
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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2020, 08:59:50 PM »
Looks like a post vise on a pedestal.
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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2020, 08:59:56 AM »
Thinks, I wonder they got a coping saw in there?

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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2020, 07:08:26 AM »
Yeah, the rope!  Gotta be about 3 maybe 4 inches diameter.  I wonder how many of those tools still exist today.
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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2020, 11:34:46 AM »
just went back to find the coping saw...lol.....////.,./noticed with two clicks,picture gets a little larger

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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2020, 12:16:24 PM »
Hmm, I still don't see a coping saw. But I do see what looks like a metal frame hacksaw, with a wood handle.
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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2020, 04:25:59 PM »
This side of the two hacksaws is a larger saw with a rectangular blade.  Also notice the Edison bulbs and the lanterns.  I assume the bulbs were D.C.?
You might say I have a tool collecting problem....

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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2020, 05:26:00 PM »
That looks like a backsaw!! You will have to wait for an electrician re; the bulbs!!
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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2020, 05:39:43 PM »
Interesting how many monkey wrenches there are.

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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2020, 09:34:56 PM »
Hmm, I still don't see a coping saw. But I do see what looks like a metal frame hacksaw, with a wood handle.

That coping saw comment was intended to produce a smile......  Noway would 1 be in there!

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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2020, 06:26:51 AM »
Hello, wrenchguy. You got me! :grin:
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Re: Railroad Tools
« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2020, 11:01:32 AM »
Cool light bulbs there.
Anybody a bulb collector?
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