R.R. Tool pictures, PLEASE help identify.

I believe this thread is finally stabilized now.  It's been a real challenge figuring out what not to do.   It seems that once you post a thread with pictures you can't go back and edit it.  ie. adding more pictures or adding captions without the pictures being removed from the main body of the thread.

Thank you, guys who contributed earlier.  Your comment was added to the pictures. (thank you Alan) The original post was deleted. 

Going froward;   Please help identify these tools.   These tools were found under a table in our train club so we're assuming they are train related. 

B-3,  If anyone has a working knowledge of this tool, please share it.  One is metric and one inches.

@boomer0622 posted:

I believe this thread is finally stabilized now.  It's been a real challenge figuring out what not to do.   It seems that once you post a thread with pictures you can't go back and edit it.  ie. adding more pictures or adding captions without the pictures being removed from the main body of the thread.

Thank you, guys who contributed earlier.  Your comment was added to the pictures. (thank you Alan) The original post was deleted.

Going froward;   Please help identify these tools.   These tools were found under a table in our train club so we're assuming they are train related.

B-3,  If anyone has a working knowledge of this tool, please share it.  One is metric and one inches.

Pretty sure that those are gauges for measuring wheel flange wear.

B-3 is indeed a machinists' wheel gauge to measure flange height, flange depth, tread height and camber, rim width, etc.

@boomer0622 posted:

…It seems that once you post a thread with pictures you can't go back and edit it.  ie. adding more pictures or adding captions without the pictures being removed from the main body of the thread.

This is not correct. You can edit a post with photos in it any time you want. I just edited your post to add back in the missing descriptions.

You were doing something else wrong, such as posting the same image (same file name) more than once, not putting carriage returns after each image, etc. It’s all OK now.

Rich, Thanks for inserting the descriptions for me and I'm glad it's now OK.  Just FYI,  Alan was having the same trouble on his end while trying to help me.

I can confirm that B3 is a wheel gauge, but not just a machinist. Carmen use then as well.
B7 is your injector timing for EMDs. It would be on the side of the block somewhere. I’ve made the mistake once pulling a head out and not being exactly at the right number.

B-3 is a wheel wear measurement tool as noted. us it for 90 inspections on the wheel sets.

B9 is a forward reverse lever out of a control stand.

C1 is an lamp cover plate typically in the center of the control panel on a GE 44 or 45 Ton industrial switcher. I could use that for one of my units.

The balance of the Modified wrenches and screw drivers are specialty type tools used to adjust injectors and or valves as an example. Specifically I'm not sure.

A-1   Maybe used to open the wheel bearing box.  ( PaulMac)

A-8  This tool is adjustable 1"- 3"  opening by rotating the handle, total length is 9" closed.  It's been suggested that it might have been used for rolling the ends of firetubes in boilers.

@boomer0622 posted:

A-1   Maybe used to open the wheel bearing box.  ( PaulMac)

No. Way to light for opening the spring-loaded cover on plain bearing journal boxes. A "Packing Hook" would have been used for that.

Just a guess; those may have been used to insert and/or retrieve the lead-holders for measuring the piston-to-cylinder head clearance on EMD engines. The lead holder fixtures should be inserted through the cylinder liner air inlet ports, then turned 90 degrees on top of the piston.

Hot Water,  something like this ?

or this ?

Correct, as in your top photo (the second photo shows the lead-holding fixture up-side-down).

A lot of these tools still have not been identified.  They are pictures numbered; A-2,  A-4,  A-5,  A-8,  A-9,  B-2,   B-6, & B-8.

Please take a look at these and see if you recognize anything.  Maybe you would have a retired locomotive mechanic in your train club who could help.

Thanks,

Doug