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PA Railroad Metal Coal & Ash Scoop - Pennsylvania Railroad. This is an industrial hand scoop constructed from heavy-gauge folded and soldered sheet metal. The tool is designed with a deep rectangular pan featuring high sides and a partial hood over the rear section. It is fitted with a cylindrical metal handle terminating in a small wire ring for hanging. An impressed mark appears on the top of the hood within a keystone-shaped border, containing the intertwined characters P and R. This specific emblem identifies the scoop as official hardware of the Pennsylvania Railroad, intended for managing coal or ash in locomotive cabs or station heaters. The construction shows signs of industrial fabrication with visible seams and a flared attachment where the handle meets the pan body.