Re: Box Car 4300

bonefish Wrote:
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> Remember William, 07407 was made from a steel
> underframe C&S stock car (I see Dave has already
> pointed that out) so had "regular" draft gear from
> the start. Still that spring is a real mystery,
> more on that here:
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> [ngdiscussion.net]
> 00476#msg-300476
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> But back to Earl's point, office car 04982 at
> Chama 2.5 years ago:
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> Again, not being a draft gear expert, this doesn't
> look quite like the Miner gear that I'm used to
> seeing, and the extra center sills are certainly
> present in the last shot. Whether this arrangement
> is at all still functional I have no idea, but it
> seems reasonable to assume the continuous rod is
> still there.
>
> I had always assumed that when they went to
> automatic couplers that it was Miner gear and that
> the continuous rod was exclusively associated with
> link and pin. Guess not! Infinitely fascinating,
> learn something new everyday!
>
> Could this arrangement have been widely prevalent
> on other cars between safety updates (1915ish) to
> the 20's rebuilds?
>
> Mike

Mike

Copy that, when I saw Dave's post I realized the flaw in my question!! Still would love to find out more about that spring as I know you would. :0)

William
aka drgwk37