This unidentified stuff came with some useful stuff I recently bought, any ideas on what they might be?
A. 10-20 of these, what are they?
B. Super-O rails??
C. No clue
D. another rail of some kind
E. Something for a missile car? it says to "adjust for best alignment", has what looks like a small lens
F. No clue
G. No clue
H. Also no clue!
Thanks! George
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B&D look like Atlas track activation pieces. C looks like flat car hold down springs.
H is an O Gauge extension for an OTC contractor.
Jon 
B and D are Super O control rails.
A - side rods for steam engine, Possibly
G- bottom to a car/engine coupler
A = Lionel links/supports for fastrack trestle system.
Still have not identified A since your last post about them. While they are stamped 'LIONEL LLC' They are not train related. B&D have been identified. C is 6361 log car chains and hooks. The only thing I can come up with for E-F-&G is they are not Lionel Parts I recognize. It looks like the stud on G fits into the slot in F.
Show us the bag of parts of A in the top of the photo.
franktrain is correct on A. They are FasTrack Trestle supports.
Jon
Item (C) looks like the set of four spring/chain assemblies from the 6-17522 Lionel Flatcar with Plymouth Prowler.
Sorry, but I don't have a part number handy.
TRW
Time for a summary ----
A. OK, these metal thingys appear to be, as many of you have graciously stated, supporting pieces for a Fastrack Elevated trestle system, 6-12037 as shown in this upside down view:
B. These are Super-O control blades/rails, part number 36-17, and part of the #36 Operating Car Remote Control set. Several responses on this one!
C. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! An exact physical match for the chains used on the 6-17522 flat car carrying a Plymouth Prowler! Thanks Todd! Wow, that kind of dates this one! They quit making Plymouths about 20 years ago, didn't they?
D. Also a control rail, and despite the identical spacing of the hole and posts to those shown B, it is not quite the same as B. Note that B is die cast and the center hole is (machine screw) threaded, whereas this one is tin plate and the center hole can only accept a sheet metal screw – which coincidentally was included in the packet which came with the #44 Missile launching car.
E. Unidentified but here’s a closeup of the piece where you can easily see the wording.
The lens-like structure is adjustable (moves in and out) but looks like it would need a cohort lens to make it work. Note the fake screw heads molded into the part - makes this look a bit like part of a child's pretend camera. It was in the pack with the #44 missile car parts,
F. Unidentified – the only reason I keep stuff like this (little bits o’ plastic and such) is because I, or someone else on this forum) might need that part one day, and I’d be happy to send it your way, gratis!
G. Unidentified – Ditto above
H. As a few of you noted, this is a pin used on an OTC contactor to increase the height of the blades to allow for use of O gauge track.
As always, awesome knowledge here! Thanks to ALL of you for your help on this Covid inspired, down-time search!
George
F looks like maybe either a part from a semaphore or a dwarf signal.
@third rail posted:F looks like maybe either a part from a semaphore or a dwarf signal.
It does sort of, it has that curvy part - but it's also a pretty obscure little part, not sure how one would go about looking up what it is and/or what it goes to. That's one of the significant benefits of this forum - with the huge amount of experience here, someone will generally spot a part and know instantly what it is. Thanks!
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