Re: Lincoln Pin Couplers . . . 
| November 17, 2019 10:15PM |
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Everett Lueck Wrote:
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> Years ago, after the C&S yard in Denver was
> cleared for Coors field, I bought a link and pin
> from someone who found it there. The pin was
> clearly marked UP and the link was marked CS,
> which we believed at the time to be California
> Southern, the Santa Fe entry into Los Angeles.
When I was a young whipper-snapper MANY, MANY years ago -
One of my fellow high-school aged railfans showed my an HOn3 model of a Civil War era boxcar with "Lincoln Pin" couplers. At least that's what I thought he said . . .
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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> Years ago, after the C&S yard in Denver was
> cleared for Coors field, I bought a link and pin
> from someone who found it there. The pin was
> clearly marked UP and the link was marked CS,
> which we believed at the time to be California
> Southern, the Santa Fe entry into Los Angeles.
When I was a young whipper-snapper MANY, MANY years ago -
One of my fellow high-school aged railfans showed my an HOn3 model of a Civil War era boxcar with "Lincoln Pin" couplers. At least that's what I thought he said . . .
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
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