B&O Railroad coupler pin.

[DiggerDave in Pa.]

I have found a number of different forms of these coupler pins. This is the first marked one I have found. Train cars used to be fastened together using link and pin couplers. Alot of fingers, hands and lives were lost using these things. Thanks for looking! DD.

 

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[rickb2202]

Those are really old timers. nice finds!

 

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[A2coins]

I love RR stuff that's really cool

 

[CylonPuppet]

Amazing! That's awesome that it has the B&O RR lettering on it. My parents have a large property that is directly adjacent to the B&O line in Martinsburg WV so I thought I might have a good chance to find some railroad debris. This was my FIRST dig and after a few aluminum cans I found this!