Re: Brake staff /cylinder confusion -- 1900 C&S stock car at museum.

Posted by Jim Courtney on Feb 18, 2017; 12:22am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Brake-staff-cylinder-confusion-and-mismatched-trucks-tp3464p7715.html

Earlier this week, Keith was kind enough to stop at the Museum in Golden and poke around under the Phase 1 (built 1900) stock car.

One of his photos illustrates a variation of how the suspended center bracket and brake levers was mounted to the two center sills. (Keith's photo was of excellent quality, I just had to play with the contrast and brightness illustrate the hardware).


Keith Hayes photo, Colorado Railroad Museum, February 11, 2017


The center rail, from which the hanging center bracket and levers was suspended, seems to be mounted to a large 4-5" thick block that was mounted to the center sills. The link around the rail that was attached to the center bracket is visible.