Sections in Counterweight Link

Taken from blueprints supplied by the Florida East Coast Railway Company. My thanks to them for their generous cooperation. These values are for the use of fine-scale modelers. Areas are in square inches; lengths are in inches.


Link is 21 feet 4 inches wide at 1-13 and tapers to 32 feet 4 inches at 7-19. Links 11-29 and 12-20 are built up of one web plate 56 x 3/4, 4 side plates 16 x 9/16, 4 angles 8 x 8 x 3/4 and 2 cover plates 18 x 3/4. All struts are made of 4Ls 5 x 3 1/2 x 3/8. All bracing is made of 2Ls 5 x 3 1/2 x 3/8. Note: Numbers 11 and 29 in drawings correspond; no others do. Drawing of link is not to scale.