Bill Welch wrote:

I am in the process of detailing two Central of Georgia ventilated
box cars . . . these cars did not have a brake step w/ a "ratchet &
paw" mechanism . . .

Is this for the brakeman who used his "paw" to operate the
hand brake . . . possible on one of Bill's favorite "y'all"
railroads . . . or perhaps was that meant to say "pawl"?

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