Hello Doug,

Thanks for the clarification. I guess this would a common feature on
most hoppers?

Thanks,
Mark Heiden


--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Brown" <brown194@t...> wrote:

Mark,

What you see in the photo is the brake rod running between the two

brake

levers connected to the trucks and to the brake lever under the b end
slope sheet. The USRA hoppers had the air line running just below the
side sheets on the right side of the car, the side away from the

brake

wheel.

Doug Brown