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Show Ons of tks grest troubles that rail- MMi road companies havs bad lo contend MM with la tbe pait with both the old MM styls snd tbs nsw M. O. II couplers H wss the felling ot drawbaads on the B tracks, resulting msny timet In dlias- MM trous wrecks. A yesr or two sgo ths MM llaltlmors and Ohio Itallroad adopted MM a device to prevent Just such occur- MM rences, and has since attached It to all MM Its pasienger equipment. Ths devlc MM Is quit simple, consisting merely of a MM right-angled ateel book, which Is mMj placed Immediately beneath the coup- MM ler on the draw-head, with a horliontsl MM arm projecting slightly at an angle to MM tba direction of th track. When tk MM draw-head falls tbs ssfsty books not MM only assist In Jamming tbo draw-beada MM together but absolutely prevent tbelr MM swsylng from side to aide, snd thus MM becoming disengaged. The eteel hook MM: Is plsced In such a position that It LIBS cannot be Jammed or broken oft In the El coupling of cars. Ht, In actual practice this device bis SSr4 proved exceedingly sallafactory, and PMU has not failed In a single Instance. Ff&Jj |