Crow Bar
1. Brief Description :
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It is a medium carbon steel bar, of about 28-30 mm is diameter, either circular / hexagonal / octagonal
in cross-section and is about 150 Cm in length. It weighs about 7 to 9 kg. It may be tapered or blunt at one
end and slightly bent and flatted as a two pronged fork / claw at the other end.
2. Use :
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(a) Clawed end is used to take out the dog spike from the wooden sleepers.
(b) Clawed end may also be used for screwing in or out a screw spike / rail screw.
(c) To lift the track for surfacing.
(d) To correct the alignment.
(e) Sometimes the blunt end is also used for packing ballast under the concrete sleepers.
Fig.: Crow Bar