Rusty Railroad History - Double Bearing Rail Anticreeper Vintage Rail Tool

Description

Double Bearing Rail Anticreeper
Patent number 2161484 marked on tool difficult to see.  See pictures.
Marked J on tool
difficult to see.  See pictures.
Marked 8-8 on tool
difficult to see.  See pictures.
Per the Patent application in 1938, this invention comprises a bar bent at one end into hook form to provide a jaw for gripping one base flange of a rail and having a straight body for extending beneath the rail.  Patent awarded 1939.
Vintage Rail tool.
Tool shows rust.
Size : about 7 3/4" long and 4.5" wide  ((at longest and widest points)
Weighs:  over 2 pounds 9 ounces
Estate Find
Please see all pictures.