1) Locomotive part 2) Vehicle design
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[locomotive] The name of the tool, Johnson Bar, may be a generic term related to any long lever acting as a fulcrum or cheater bar, especially upon warehouse docks with tools to leverage cargo upon casters, hand trucks, or a pry lever bar (see picture). But in this connotation (locomotive), describes a gear selector bar in the transmissions...
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A Johnson bar (also Johnson corrugated bar) is a type of corrugated high-carbon steel rebar used to reinforce concrete. The Johnson bar was invented by A.L. Johnson of the St. Louis Expanded Metal Company.{when|date=April 2014} Its specific efficacy comes from having `alternate elevations and depressions to grip the concrete,` with the shoulders.....
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[vehicle] A Johnson bar is a hand lever with several distinct positions and a positive latch to hold the lever in the selected position. The latch is typically activated with a spring-loaded squeeze handle on the lever so that only one hand is needed to release the latch, move the lever, then re-engage the latch in a different position. Thi...
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On a locomotive, a long, heavy lever that operates the cutoff, etymology unknown.
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