Rail Fork Small 320×62 Medium 640×125 Large 1024×199 Download Tiff Original 2400×467 | (259.0 KB) Description "A track-layers' bar having two parallel blunt arms at the end the space between which is designed to fit the web of the rail. It is used in lifting the end of a rail." -Whitney, 1911 Keywords bar, lift rail, rail fork, rail web, rail-fork, railroad tool, tool, track layer, train track tool Galleries Rail Transportation Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)