what's this huge wrench for?

[swervncarz]

What would this wrench be used for? It's 29" long. It does have some numbers but i can't make it out yet, i didn't get a chance to clean it up yet.

[wrenchguy]

i'd say some kind of cog railroad wrench. maybe verona. cheater pipe probably needed. nice.

[RWalters]

Wrenchguy's on the right track, no pun intended. It's a track wrench. Brings back memories of a mispent summer on the railroad long, long ago. How long ago? It was on the Milwaukee Road. It's called a speed wrench.  You put it on the track bolt nut, get as much of a turn as you can and slip it back until it grabs again. Repeat and repeat again until it's time to break for lunch. Turns out a company in Ohio, Railroad Tools and Solutions, still makes them. They call it a a speed wrench/ratchet action wrench.

[swervncarz]

Thanks for the info...after some cleaning, i found these markings, does anyone recognize them?

[rusty]

The heart shaped mark is likely Verona tool co (they made track wrenches etc)

[HeelSpur]

I see a horse balancing a ball on his nose to the right of the 1.

ah, maybe not.

[swervncarz]

I see a horse balancing a ball on his nose to the right of the 1.

ah, maybe not.

haha... I see it too

[Papaw]

Must be there- I see it also!

[rusty]

Perhaps it requires one horsepower to crank the wrench.

Or it escaped from the circus train.

(Old enough to remember the elephants walking down main street)

[Wrenchmensch]

Old enough to remember the elephants doing the "heavy lifting" when it came time to erect circus tents.