Manual Car Movers

joe6167 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:21 am

Recently a handle on a friends car mover broke while working on 6167, and I found this company which still makes them (and replacement handles) and thought I would post this here for reference.

http://www.saferack.com/capstans-and-railcar-movers.cfm

crij · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:15 am **Posts:** 585

They are also available through Aldon Co. http://www.aldonco.com/Products.aspx (follow link and select car movers)

Rich C.

joe6167 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:43 pm

Neat site!

Topfuel · **Joined:** Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:49 pm **Posts:** 529

They are also available from the McMaster-Carr website:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#railroad-car-movers/=t5xybb

jmlaboda · Updated 8/9/17 with 8,402 new links

I've probably got over 400 hopper cars that I moved with one of these car movers back in the 80s while working at a textile mill. While it wasn't the best it did work and was a whole lot better than any other alternative method of moving a car... but God help you if you went too far down the track and had to be moved back over the unloading pit... been there and done that too...