Started pulling parts from AT&SF coach 2865 and came across a bit of interesting trivia on the coat hooks;
The fold down coat hooks consist of two cast stainless steel parts, the base and the hook itself. On the few that I have taken out so far, the base is marked with a part # (A23234) and what I am guessing is an assembly number (in the case of the one pictured 176), while the back of the hook is marked with a matching assembly number. So far I have found assembly numbers ranging from 48 to 226, these numbers were stamped in the parts after casting.
It would seem as though there was some hand fitting of the two parts required to get the hook to function correctly, hence the desire for the hook and base to remain together as a unit.
I suppose neither here nor there, but kind of interesting.
Jason Midyette
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