Ok all you fellows that have the reall scoop as to where I can find a pair of....Tomlinson Radial Couplers, with draft gear...thats right! Two, count them two. A substantial reward to all those Frank Buck's that can "bring'em back alive"

We need a pair for a 1913 Sourthern Traction car we are restoring. Any condition, will repair to suit!

Yours Very Truly...or is it Truly Yours,

Captian Jeffery T. Spaulding, Captain of aqusition for the Edwards Rail Car Co.

edrailco@aol.com

> Captian Jeffery T. Spaulding, Captain of
> aqusition for the Edwards Rail Car Co.

Well Hooray for Capt. Spaulding the African explorer.

Did someone mention Schnorrer?

If you can borrow one, Bama Foundry can replicate them at great expense. Your choice of several grades of Iron, brass or Aluminum.

dave

irondave@bellsouth.net

Good luck! I have been trying to obtain a coupler for an ex-NYC heavyweight car. E knuckle with an F shank, I believe 54 inches long. Even if I replace the draft gear my best price was $10,000 each just for the coupler, plus draft gear, and that price was only good if I bought two!

It may take your kindom to get your couplers. Then again, maybe the coupler god will smile on you (I seriously hope he/she does!!)

;-)

Ryan

If you are willing to spend a lot of money, then you can buy a brand new pair from WABCO Passenger Transit Division, in Lyman, SC. Yes, they are still in production.

Seriously, I would try the trolley museums that have acquired Boston, Shaker Heights or Toronto MU PCC cars. Many of these are derelict and are candidates for dismantling for parts. Danny Cohen at Seashore would be a good person to ask.

However, I am not sure if the modern Tomlinson (Ohio Brass hook type) coupler is dimensionally identical to the couplers used on the car that you are restoring, or if anyone would know the difference.

artschwartz@sprintmail.com

> Seriously, I would try the trolley museums
> that have acquired Boston, Shaker Heights or
> Toronto MU PCC cars. Many of these are
> derelict and are candidates for dismantling
> for parts. Danny Cohen at Seashore would be
> a good person to ask.

You might also try SEPTA in Philly, or anyone who got one of the old Red Arrow St. Louis cars (AKA "quasi-PCCs"). The Kawasaki cars SEPTA replaced the old Red Arrow stuff with have Tomlinson couplers so they can run two-unit trains at rush hour. Come to think of it, the Budd and GE commuter train equipment has Tomlinson couplers, too.

The South Carolina Railroad Museum
mconrad@msmgmt.com