TWO MODELS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN TRAINS, the first a nut lock, Patent No. 199303, Patentee Edward McConnell, Lexington, Virginia, Patent Filed September 27, 1877, Patented January 15, 1878, pine and poplar, signed "Edwd McConell/C.E./Raskbridge ..."; the second a train car coupling, constructed of cherrywood (Patent Office label missing)--30in. long, 4¾in. high (2)