RAILCAR COUPLER KEY RETAINER APPARATUS

An apparatus for maintaining a railcar coupler key securing a railcar coupler shank to a yoke of a railcar. The railcar coupler key retainer apparatus includes an elongated key stop adapted to be secured against an interior surface of a sill side wall. A retainer is mounted to the exterior surface of the sill side wall and defines a through bore which aligns with a through bore in a flange portion of the key stop when the key stop abuts with a closed end of an elongated slot defined by the side wall of the sill. A locking member is received in the through bores in the key stop and retainer to secure the key stop to the interior surface of the sill side wall and thereby maintaining the railcar key retainer apparatus to maintain the railcar coupler key between the side walls of the sill and to secure the yoke to the coupler shank.