Wood Box Car
Built prior to 1890, this car has a wood frame, link and pin couplers and hand brakes. George Westinghouse’s air brake invention was first used on passenger trains in 1868; freight cars came much later. On a signal from the engineer, the brakeman jumped from car to car setting the hand brakes. To couple the cars, the brakeman had to slip a pin down through the hole in the coupler and through the link as…
