Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear

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drgw0579

July 07, 2019 06:45AM

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I found this excerpt of an email from Art Randall from July 2003, when I asked him about couplers for the 0579:

The original couplers on 0579 were probably Towers (good luck finding any).
Failing that, the Sharon is the next best choice. Basically, it seems
that the late 19th century cars (like 4000 series box cars for example)
used the Tower couplers, and the early 20th century cars (all those built
in the 1903-1905 time frame) used the Sharon coupler. There should be
complete Sharons in Chama. The only thing you'll need to worry about is
getting the right yoke length, which shouldn't be difficult, either. I
think you have a single spring draft gear, which takes the short yoke.

- AJR

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Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	drgw0579	July 05, 2019 04:23PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	Paul Dalleska	July 05, 2019 05:34PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	drgw0579	July 06, 2019 04:02PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	TonyK375	July 05, 2019 10:44PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	TonyK375	July 05, 2019 10:47PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	TonyK375	July 05, 2019 10:59PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	drgw0579	July 06, 2019 07:47PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	TonyK375	July 06, 2019 08:10PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	TonyK375	July 06, 2019 12:16AM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	TonyK375	July 05, 2019 11:21PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	TonyK375	July 05, 2019 11:28PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	TonyK375	July 06, 2019 07:33PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	TonyK375	July 06, 2019 08:16PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	chamakid	July 06, 2019 09:17AM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	TonyK375	July 06, 2019 10:54AM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	jeffsmith	July 06, 2019 03:31PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	drgw0579	July 06, 2019 03:59PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	Dormie62	July 06, 2019 04:01PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	Brian Norden	July 06, 2019 04:56PM
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Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	Chris Walker	July 06, 2019 05:05PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	hhdarr	July 06, 2019 05:22PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	Scott Gibbs	July 06, 2019 05:23PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	TonyK375	July 06, 2019 06:53PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	drgw0579	July 06, 2019 07:26PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	Brian Norden	July 06, 2019 08:20PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	Earl	July 06, 2019 08:54PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	TonyK375	July 06, 2019 09:05PM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	Earl	July 07, 2019 12:10AM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	drgw0579	July 07, 2019 06:45AM
Re: Looking for information on narrow gauge draft gear	bcp	July 06, 2019 09:52PM

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