Spiker

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For other uses, see Spiker (disambiguation).
A BNSF Railway spiker in operation in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, August 8, 2004.
A BNSF Railway spiker in operation in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, August 8, 2004.

A spiker is a piece of railroad maintenance of way equipment. Its purpose is to drive railroad spikes into the ties on a railroad track to hold the rail in place. Many different sizes of spikers are manufactured and in use around the world.

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