<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Ken & Jimmy <div> Thanks for your help. I have read about brake club but never saw one except maybe on eBay. I believe the one on there was round the entire length and had a brand name stamped into the wood. Only marking on this one is a “backwards” N stamped in the end of the handle. Was this the type club used on the N&W? </div><div>John Baldwin Lansing NC<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Today's Topics:</span><br><span></span><br><span> 1. Re: Wooden handle (NW Mailing List)</span><br><span> 2. RE: Wooden handle (NW Mailing List)</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>----------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span>Message: 1</span><br><span>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:19:23 -0400</span><br><span>From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org></span><br><span>To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org></span><br><span>Subject: Re: Wooden handle</span><br><span>Message-ID: <mailman.3446.1750814383.722595.nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org></span><br><span>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii</span><br><span></span><br><span>John</span><br><span></span><br><span>Those are called brake clubs. They were used to help tighten manual brake wheels on the cars.</span><br><span></span><br><span>They are usually hickory and very hard wood.</span><br><span></span><br><span>They can also be used as a defensive weapon, just FYI.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Best</span><br><span>Ken Miller</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Jun 24, 2025, at 8:29 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Good evening all</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> I recently ran across a wooden handle of stick supposedly used in railroad work. Was told it was used as a handle for throwing switches. 30 inches long and possibly made of oak. Just wondering if this is railroad related in any way? </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Thank you </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> John Baldwin </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="text-align: center;"><span> Lansing NC<image0.jpeg><image1.jpeg><image2.jpeg>________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To change your subscription go to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span>Message: 2</span><br><span>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:21:06 -0400</span><br><span>From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org></span><br><span>To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org></span><br><span>Subject: RE: Wooden handle</span><br><span>Message-ID: <mailman.3447.1750815311.722595.nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org></span><br><span>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</span><br><span></span><br><span>Probably a brake stick. Used to help tighten hand brakes.Jimmy LisleSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</span><br><span>-------- Original message --------From: NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> Date: 6/24/25 9:17 PM (GMT-05:00) To: nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org Cc: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> Subject: Wooden handle Good evening all? I recently ran across a wooden handle of stick supposedly used in railroad work. Was told it was used as a handle for throwing switches. 30 inches long and possibly made of oak. Just wondering if this is railroad related in any way? ?????????????? Thank you ?????????????? John Baldwin ?????????????? 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