Re: Typical tools on a steam locomotive

geode Wrote:
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> Thanks guys for this information about tools
> carried at the head end. Only problem is I can't
> remember what a 'monkey wrench is, and looks like.
> Can someone enlighten me?
>
> George

kwilcomb Wrote:
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> Monkey wrench aka pipe wrench

Perhaps regionally a pipe wrench is also a monkey wrench (note in the Baldwin Standard Practice that there is a distinction between the two), but a classic monkey wrench looks like this:



The substitute for this these days on some railroads looks like this; where I come from this is often called a Ford wrench:




Steve



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/01/2008 07:34AM by szuiderveen.