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used these daily for ten + years working in a food sweeteners manufacturing/distribution plant for hopper cars and tank cars, but never knew they were called pinch bars. We always called them rail car jacks. To stop the cars we would either hop on the car and spool up the hand brake quickly or simply let the car run into the next spotted car, or...carefully place another bar/jack on the track at the other end of the car approximately where it needed to be spotted. (Making sure to be nowhere near the bar when the wheel hits it - if the claws are good it springs up instantly when the wheel meets it and human power can not stop this, or if the claws are worn an it doesn't grab, the wheel contact will make the bar go flying haphazardly! Either way, ouch!) Often times to get over a hump in the tracks, or moving several cars hooked together, we would have to literally stand on the end of the bar while pushing against any available hardware on the cars to get them to move initially! Foolishly dangerous? yes. Exciting? definitely!
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