Re: D&RG 2-4-0

Jeff Ramsey Wrote:
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> Interesting that the baggage or mail car has a
> Miller Hook coupler lever on the platform. The end
> of the hook had a pocket and a hole for a link and
> pin to the pocket on the tender of the Ute.

Jeff, most passenger equipment in that era were equipped with Millers .... actually, the sold the whole platform including the automatic coupler. It was much safer than what had been used normally. The cost was pretty high, so many outfits paid the royalties to Miller and fabricated their own in their shops.

Something to watch for later on, though, is that after converting to Janney knuckle couplers, the lever often stayed on the platform .... sometimes used as an uncoupling lever.

Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner