IHOTWAIT (It Hangs On The Wall And It Ticks)

[who me]

electrical wiring ?

Logistics ?

[Asp Zelazny]

IT contains, but is not, electrical wiring.
IT is not logistics .... IT is solid, pretty good sided set of objects (though we are only naming one).

maybe this will be helpful: They made fender chains obsolete by 1980.

IT was named for something only a little similar.

YES: real thing, similarity in function, machine, electrically powered, used in transportation, involved with cargo transportation, involved with transportation of people, land-based (but barely)
Sorta: Has to do with ISO containers, has to do with RORO transport
no: European colony ("New -anything-"), place, event, begins with "C", amnesia, any logical connection to anything Native American, person, fictional, in outer space, similar appearance, plant, animal, steam powered, Pim powered, mechanical bull, qoetry, electric bike, pompous comments, stationary, used in manufacturing, forklift, Segway, sea-based (but there is a tie-in), river ferry, electric side loader, crane, electrical wiring, logistics

[who me]

is it the cargo lifter zeppelin ?

[Asp Zelazny]

IT is not the cargo lifter zeppelin (though that would make a good band name too).

IT was named for something only a little similar.

YES: real thing, similarity in function, machine, electrically powered, used in transportation, involved with cargo transportation, involved with transportation of people, land-based (but barely)
Sorta: Has to do with ISO containers, has to do with RORO transport
no: European colony ("New -anything-"), place, event, begins with "C", amnesia, any logical connection to anything Native American, person, fictional, in outer space, similar appearance, plant, animal, steam powered, Pim powered, mechanical bull, qoetry, electric bike, pompous comments, stationary, used in manufacturing, forklift, Segway, sea-based (but there is a tie-in), river ferry, electric side loader, crane, electrical wiring, logistics, cargo lifter zeppelin

[Boikat]

Is it my brain (which is being turned into mush)?

[who me]

electric mules.

[Merle]

Is the thing IT is named for also a machine?

[Qray]

electric mules.

That explains your interest in Fender Chains.

[Bmat]

Who me got it!!!

the answer is:

"mules" ... devices that are electric guiding trains along the sides of the Panama Canal

[who me]

Im confused does Asp Zelazny have to declare me the winner ?
how did Bmat get it?
what is going on ?

[Bmat]

I should have said. Asp told me the answer in case someone got it while he is away.

[who me]

Oh.
"IT" fell from the sky.