Working rail roads and their tracks.
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I worked as a temp one time and they had a coupler hooked to the counterweight of a large wheeled loader to move cars.
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A repair yard I worked at we pushed and pulled cars with a payloader all the time.
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It's Peachy Bros. Elevator. They have a car mover on the other side...Who needs a switch engine. Just fire up the farmers helper…. Mill in Burnett Wisconsin.View attachment 4545032
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When I was loading Army and Postal vehicles onto rail cars, we had to move the cars by hand after the loco dropped them on the siding to get them close enough to each other for the bridge plates to span the gap between cars. Then we'd set the brakes.
The tool was similar to this....
The tool was similar to this....
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I noticed that it looks like the drawbar is a tube and a drive shaft that connects the lead truck to the tractor PTO. The wheels on that truck have chain sprockets and could be driven by the PTO for more traction.
And a modern car mover:
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Railcar Coupler Attachment with Emergency Air Brake Assist For Wheel Loaders
SAS Railcar Coupler provides secure attachment between railcar and wheel loader, allowing railcars to be moved safely & easily. Optional emergency air brake
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I'm curious what part of that they were able to get a patent for unless it's the side shift part of the design, Everything else is nothing new. There have been variations of all sorts on Speedswings and end loaders for years that have done the very same thing. The only difference is most of them hinged upon sitting on the track. However they also raised and lowered the coupler and used it as a traction aid by applying down force on the rail wheels. They often had oversized or auxiliary air compressors to handle the added air requirements. I've also saw small elevators moving cars with just a tractor and nothing more.