T2K Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moray james Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 looks like it may be a key to wind a clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 To me it is a radiator air bleed valve key. The big old cast iron radiators used to heat rooms in a circulating hot water system have a small valve at the top which is used to bleed air out of the system. Or is that the easy answer? https://www.homedepot.com/p/DANCO-Radiator-Valve-Key-80238/306380985 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Gas valve key. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Doesn't that key mount on the back of a VW Bug? Sorry, I just had to say that. JJK 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Could be the key you use to unscrew the locking nuts that go between two window sashes. They usually have a flat edge on one side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Isn't that a roller skate key? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moray james Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 track down the person who posted the photo and ask them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2K Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 Great Answers!! Got a chuckle out of those great answers and they seemed logical too. The key is a caboose key. I worded the question vaguely I now see. The key has a name. I'll post pictures below to illustrate. The key and lock pictured is a Sargent & Greenleaf Environmental High Security Padlock W/Key #102 which railroads use to secure switches and End of Train devices, among other uses. That is the identifier I was looking for. The brass colored key pictured is my key but I don't know the name of the key, other than what it is. Railroads stopped using cabooses in the mid 1980's. Cabooses, and most importantly to railroads the jobs, were replaced with EOT's (end of train devices). So shortly after that time frame I was at work getting ready to go when a young whippersnapper walked up to me and asked, pointing, 'is that a caboose key'. Yes, yes it is. He said that key is worth $300. I snapped the key off my waist and said 'give me $200 and make yourself some change'. Ran across the key the other day and decided to search to determine it's value. I was going to give it to a ten year old railroad buff kid but thought if there was value I might ought to give it to his mama rather than the kid. So there you go. Thanks for the responses. Keith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 this is the only key i need Close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mighty Favog Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 I was gonna say a clock winding key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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