The brake rigging on these cars is similar to a typical prototype freight car in the days before air brakes. The picture shows the 33' car with the brakes released. The main or floating lever is near the bottom of the picture, while the stationary lever is near the top. The stationary lever bracket is directly below a truss rod. The spring shown between two truss rods serves to release the brakes when the brake wheel chain is not pulling on the rod shown at the lower right between the truss rods.
