Dimensions of Standard Type "E" Freight Car Coupler

Does anyone have subject dimensions, or know where I might find them? I’ve made a cursory attempt on U.S. Patent Office site w/o success (probably have to have experience to use that source!)

This should get you started:

Type_E by Edmund, on Flickr



Type_E_0001 by Edmund, on Flickr


Scans can be downloaded from Flickr if you prefer.

Good Luck, Ed

Get me started and finished…terrific, Ed…thanks! I want to check scale size on some new (to me) Accurail couplers. A fellow modeler’s experience with them persuaded me to give them a try.

I notice AAR catalogs are referenced in the drawing. Are those on AAR’s website? I looked, but don’t see them.

-Chuck

I haven’t browsed AAR’s site much so can’t say for sure. I do have an AAR standards book that I’ll check later. It’s about a foot thick!

The scans I sent came from the 1970 Car Builder’s Cyclopedia.

Regards, Ed

From my 1957 AAR Book:

Type_E_1956 by Edmund, on Flickr

Type_E_1957 by Edmund, on Flickr

Be sure to memorize all these dimensions! There will be a test.

Type_E_Contour by Edmund, on Flickr

Good Luck, Ed

Ok…thanks for additional drawings…as for your test warning, if I had to memorize all the dimensions I wouldn’t have time for any modeling…ha!

-Chuck