Just a little game? Pictures of strange items. Then you guess what they are!
Looks like one of them bars used to lever paper reels up a trl before scotching them
dafdave:
Looks like one of them bars used to lever paper reels up a trl before scotching them
Or for releasing the scotch without getting lost or killed 
That will do, probably too easy, now where is that box of Sentinel spares?
It is used for moving railway wagons short distances 
(you use a locomotive for long distances) 
You place it on the rail and lever the wheel.
Not disputing your answer Chas, because I have never moved a railway truck.
This simple lever is used in a printers or paper mill for chocking and unchocking paper reels.
The previous answer to yours was correct, but allow me to indulge myself
Levers & Fulcrums
Archimedes once famously remarked: “Πα βω και χαριστιωνι ταν γαν κινησω πασαν.”
(“Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world.”)
However in this case, the picture was taken in France and I can hold a stack of reels with one hand while I take a chock out, by standing at the side I can then move aside allowing a stack of reels to roll towards a lift truck or loading platform