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I came across this at a railroad museum in Wakefield, NH. Someone thought it was a ballast tool. It's about 3 1/2 to 4 feet long. Any ideas?
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Here are some old catalogs of tools and machines from the turn of the century.
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The world's rail way : a facsimile of the 1894 edition
by Pangborn, J. G. (Joseph Gladding), 1844-1914
https://archive.org/details/worldsrailwayfac00pang_0/page/n1/mode/2up?q=locomotive+wheels
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THE 4 CARBONDALE D&H ROUNDHOUSES
S. Robert Powell PHD
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American Railway Shop Systems 1904
by Walter Gilman Berg
https://archive.org/details/americanrailway00berggoog/page/n6/mode/2up?q=railroad+machine+shops
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Locomotive building 1911
by Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970
https://archive.org/details/locomotivebuildi00flanrich/page/n3/mode/2up?q=valve+gears+and+cylinders
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A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE 1830-1880
Ed. An excellent technical review of early engines - a valued addition to any collection. Copied hereafter are sections dealing with locomotives built during Hopkin Thomas' time; Garrett & Eastwick, the Nonpariel, anthracite coal utilization...
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The Railroads could often be very controversial. Here are a few articles about that controversy.
Sleeping Public
circa 1870: A cartoon showing people sleeping under railway lines while a farmer tries to warn them of an approaching train whose coaches are labelled, Consolidation-Train...
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1905 Railway and locomotive engineering article:
"Growth of the locomotive"
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From the 1909 edition of Railway and Locomotive Engineering
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Two articles about valves and vale motion from 1906 editions of Railway Locomotive magazine.
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An article about erecting a locomotive engine form an 1899 edition of Locomotive Engineering. (Note: the photos go on much longer than the article itself)
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The 1908 edition of COMPRESSED AIR journal ran a few articles about underground mining and the use of locomotive engines, coal mine vacuum cleaners, and other machines run off of compressed air. Different.
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The Outline History of Locomotive Development from a 1923 Railway and Locomotive Engineering journal.
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VINTAGE RAILROAD PHOTOS
Great old Railroad pictures. This time from a 1922 Railway & Locomotive Engineering journal.
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Found this on another site. Really cool gas station that incorporates a tank RR car. Anyone ever seen one?
https://kip49x.smugmug.com/History/Gas-Stations/TANKAR-GAS-STATION-Richmond-VA/
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The evolution of the American railroad system 1893
In 1893, Joseph Nimmo Jr delivered an address at the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. Here's the paper and a bit about his life.
Joseph N. Nimmo
Washington, June 15. - Joseph N. Nimmo, LL.D., statistician and economist, died at his home...
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Car builders' dictionary; definitions and illustrations of American railway cars, their parts and equipment; 1913
by Master Car Builders' Association; Wright, Roydon Vincent, 1876-1948, ed; Loudon, Andrew Charles, 1883- ed...
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The engineer's encyclopædia: containing a history of the discovery and application of steam, with its practice and achievements from the earliest period to the present time ..
by Winton, John G; Millar, W. J. (William J.), joint autho r 1893...
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Railway track and track work 1908
by Tratman, E. E. R. (Edward Ernest Russell), b. 1863
https://archive.org/details/railwaytracktrac01trat/page/n7/mode/2up?q=interurban+turntables
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