David Einhorn Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Very interesting web site, they also have bull-pins that folks were talking about for drifting eyes for axe and hammer handles on another thread. http://www.rrtoolsnsolutions.com/catalog/TrackTools16.asp#90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWCTool Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 I know that site has a lot of things that would be very handy around the shop. I never knew there were so many similarities to the railroad tools and blacksmithing tools. I guess they are horizontal iron workers in a sense, so they would need many of the tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McCoy Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 EWCTool, There is a John Wayne movie where the "soldiers" bend rail in the same manner heat it in a large fire then bend it around the nearest telegraph pole ... guess it is an old trick ... just need a couple of friends and ... Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Yup those are chisels used to cut track the old fashioned way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWCTool Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 when did they stop using that method? Would it be when gas powered chop saws and torches came about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukellos Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 In this video a couple of civil war re-enactors bend a rail just with a large bonfire. YouTube - Sherman's Neckties After looking on the internet I found this site that sells track chisels. http://www.rrtoolsnsolutions.com/catalog/TrackTools14.asp#79 Would they be the same chisels that we are talking about? Actually, the one I have looks more like the regular cold cutting tool shown above the track cutter except that it would take a regular full length double jack handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWB Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) In the early 1970’s while working as a gandy dancer for the Rock Island Line, the boss would have us score the rail with a cold chisel and then he would run ice water over it for 5-10 minutes and one hit with a spike mall and the rail was cut clean as a whistle. We did it numerous times when replacing rail after a derailment. Worked every time. Edited July 31, 2019 by JWB Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Welcome to IFI JWB...have you read this yet, it will help you get the best out of the forum. READ THIS FIRST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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