Phase I boxcar brakes questions

Posted by Todd A Ferguson on Jul 15, 2023; 2:08am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Phase-I-boxcar-brakes-questions-tp18911.html

I purchased 5 of the CW resin kits for the C&S/RGS boxcar when they came out many moons ago.  Last week I took one on vacation with me to build.  Not a difficult kit to build but I ended up with a couple questions regarding the brakes in the later C&S/RGS era.  First the kit and instructions refer to a NY style brake reservoir and cylinder.  This included the parts list and the drawing.  But the included part was the more typical Westinghouse part.  So, the question I end up with is were the cars always equipped with the NY style or were they replaced with a Westinghouse style at some point?  

And if the NY style was used I would assume the brake setup would be as shown in the drawing with the double connected levers between the Queen posts.  So would this setup remain or be changed to the more common setup used with later cars which did use the Westinghouse reservoir and cylinder?  I’m trying to get the models correct but am confused at this point as to what is the correct setup.

Todd