Re: Locomotive Cyclopedia info

[VR Bass]

Susan,

You should get a copy of John White's "The American Railroad Freight Car".  
He goes into the history of the Janney knuckle coupler and has excellent 
drawings of many knuckle and link-and-pin designs.  Plus, it's a really cool 
book.

regards,
  -vance-

Vance Bass                
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Small-scale live steam resources: http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass