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**rod_grant** · 11-18-2019, 02:31 AM - **2 Likes**

pre-electric iron

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dbs · 11-18-2019, 02:54 AM

Originally posted by rod_grant

No manufacturer's anything - not even a model number or identifier.

Hi Rod

Ok then

If enough members see the item it will be identified the knowledge here is immense

Dave

Racer X 69 · 11-18-2019, 11:24 AM

Originally posted by rod_grant

unknown...any suggestions???

I’m with Dave, it is a reduction gear setup, but for what I couldn’t say.

**noelcmn** · 11-18-2019, 12:48 PM - **1 Like**

**rod_grant** · 11-19-2019, 03:18 PM

rusty flat iron

**rod_grant** · 11-19-2019, 03:20 PM - **2 Likes**

rusty valves etc

Racer X 69 · 11-19-2019, 05:53 PM - **4 Likes**

Handrail piping along the spatter cone trail at Craters of the Moon.

**Riggomatic** · 11-20-2019, 11:45 AM

Originally posted by rod_grant

unknown...any suggestions???

An interesting piece of machinery. By the shape of the casting, it may be from the 1930-1940 range ( purely a guess). But the rotary head on the front with all the pins looks like a press for some type of pellets.

Feed pellets for animals or wood pellets for heating?

That's my guess.

**aslyfox** · 11-20-2019, 11:57 AM - **1 Like**

not sure what they are but they were on the railroad right of way

**WPRESTO** · 11-20-2019, 02:57 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by aslyfox

not sure what they are but they were on the railroad right of way

I think the hooked piece fits under a rail latched onto the bottom flange, The flat piece is probably part of a metal plate placed between the rail and a wooden tie.

Original image then a very deep crop to show the inside of the far rail and here you can see what I think are the same type of "J" irons hooking onto the lower flange of the rail. On the near rail in the cropped image you can see the flat plates that typically have four holes for spikes, but most active RR tracks I've seen have only one spike driven on each side of the rail through the metal plate, with the spike head tight down on that lower flange of the rail

**noelcmn** · 11-21-2019, 01:05 PM - **2 Likes**

**WPRESTO** · 11-23-2019, 06:33 AM

Rusty things just hanging around a shed.

**jacamar** · 11-25-2019, 08:54 PM - **1 Like**

**WPRESTO** · 11-26-2019, 05:15 AM

Here's your problem, the exhaust is feeding into the carburetor.

**noelcmn** · 11-26-2019, 01:08 PM

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dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,565	Originally posted by rod_grant No manufacturer's anything - not even a model number or identifier. Hi Rod Ok then If enough members see the item it will be identified the knowledge here is immense Dave

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Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,073	Originally posted by rod_grant unknown...any suggestions??? I’m with Dave, it is a reduction gear setup, but for what I couldn’t say.

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