Brian Norden
February 16, 2004 08:34PM
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Sharon Steel was a manufacturer. It may have made some particular varieants to the knuckle coupler.
It is possible that any of the coupler manufacturers could make smaller than standard couplers.
According to John White's
The American Railroad Freight Car the Janney coupler patent was held by McConway & Torley which made an agreement with the MCB in 1888 that allowed much of the design to come into public domain and allowed the MCB to adopt it as a standard. In 1891 there were 19 major coupler manufacturers and by 1901 there were 90 manufacturers. Each of these had a different shaped head and body and release mechanisms as well as placement of the release pin. Nothing was interchangeable other than the inner contour of the knuckle.
I can check the coupler heads at OERM and see what manufacturer's names are on them.
Brian Norden
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