hello, here is a comb. wrench, it has what looks like- WAB RR, or WAR RR on shaft on two sides, it is 10 and 3/4 inh long, any info would help, thank you
It is probably the Wabash RR now part of NS RR through N&W.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_Railroad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_Railroad)
thank you FINS/413, I wonder what it was used for.
Quote from: znamien on March 04, 2013, 12:57:26 PM
I wonder what it was used for.
Hopefully on the Cannonball!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a-tM0F3YbE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a-tM0F3YbE)
IBGRADWELL, thanks for the video, the Engineer had one of those wrenches in his top pocket
Like those NKP fast freights
Maybe something the engineer or fireman carried looks almost homemade.This is aWAG. Maybe to tighten valve packings or fittings. It doens't look big enough for the MOW folks to use.
Fins/413, hello I know what NKP means, but not WAG or MOW, thank you for your INFO,
Quote from: znamien on March 05, 2013, 09:27:36 AM
Fins/413, hello I know what NKP means, but not WAG or MOW, thank you for your INFO,
WAG = Wild-Ass Guess
MOW = Maintenance of Way (I think)
As a gandy-dancer on the Wabash 60 years ago I'd agree that MOW would be Maintainance of Way. I worked on an extra gang and we were part of MOW. Don't remember seeing one of those wrenchs but total recall is not one of my claims.