A spike puller is a railroad maintenance of way machine designed to remove rail spikes from ties.[1] The spike puller automates the task of spike removal, allowing it to be done at a rate greater than can be achieved by hand. Spike pullers range from small hand operated hydraulic machines to self propelled machines controlled by an operator in an enclosed cab.
- ^ Solomon, Brian (2001). Railway maintenance equipment. Osceola, Wis.: MBI Pub. Co. pp. 57–62. ISBN 0-7603-0975-2. OCLC 46976669.