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bob: it boils down to semantics, the MCB had their own definition, you hsve to remember this was a transistory period from single sheat to double sheat and an increase of weight and stress mel perry On Sun, Dec 8, 2019, 6:38 PM Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io <chiefbobbb=verizon.net@groups.io> wrote: So you are saying "pocket coupler", as stenciled on the car, is the same as "coupler pocket"? |
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So you are saying "pocket coupler", as stenciled on the car, is the same as "coupler pocket"?
Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA |
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There were full size MCB couplers used on standard Gage equipment as well as 3/4 size that were popular with narrow Gage in intra-plant rr's. The full size MCB couplers were somewhat smaller than today's couplers. Tonnage wasn't as heavy back then. The coupler pocket is the same as a current day draft gear pocket. The coupler pocket appears to part of a full width car end casting. Whereas more modern car design attaches the coupler draft gear to the center sill.
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Photo: Buffalo. Rochester & Pittsburgh Ry Box Car In the lower right hand corner of this 1909 boxcar is a stencil that reads "M. C. B. Pocket Coupler". Is "M.C.B" Master Car Builders and what is a pocket coupler? https://trovestar.com/images/Collections/0/gallery/tsg_45971_1_1.jpg Thanks. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA |
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