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  2. Railway coupling by country - Wikipedia

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    English couplers on 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) and on 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge [7] AAR couplers on 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge [7] and some passenger (FIAT 7131 DMUs) and freight rolling stock on standard and broad gauge. Small knuckle coupler with slot in knuckle for link and pin couplers on 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ...

  3. Railway coupling conversion - Wikipedia

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    The first use of the Scharfenberg coupler was for the Manila MRT Line 3 in 1999. Meanwhile, the first use of the Shibata coupler was for the LRT Line 2. In the future, Shibata couplers are also expected for use on the MRT Line 7, the Metro Manila Subway, and the North–South Commuter Railway (NSCR). The NSCR is so far the only PNR line that ...

  4. Railway coupling - Wikipedia

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    The Janney coupler, later the Master Car Builders Association (MCB) coupler, [19] now the Association of American Railroads (AAR) coupler, is also commonly known as a buckeye, knuckle, or Alliance coupler. The AAR/APTA TypeE, TypeF, and TypeH couplers are all compatible Janney couplers, but used for different rail cars (general freight, tank ...

  5. Janney coupler - Wikipedia

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    The diagram from Beard's 1897 coupler patent [1]. Janney couplers were first patented in 1873 by Eli H. Janney (U.S. patent 138,405). [2] [3] Andrew Jackson Beard was amongst various inventors that made a multitude of improvements to the knuckle coupler; [1] Beard's patents were U.S. patent 594,059 granted 23 November 1897, which then sold for approximately $50,000, and U.S. patent 624,901 ...

  6. Buffers and chain coupler - Wikipedia

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    Narrow gauge flat wagons, 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). Note the single buffer with a hook on the right side and a chain on the other. On some narrow-gauge lines in Europe, and on the Paris Metro, a simplified version of the loose-coupler is used, consisting of a single central buffer with a chain underneath. Sometimes there are two chains, one ...

  7. Dual coupling - Wikipedia

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    The dual couplers are mounted to a pivot, allowing both to swing. Different types of railroad rolling stock have different couplers depending on the purpose and type of equipment being used and its intended destination. European rolling stock tend to use buffers and chain couplers while American rolling stock uses a Janney coupler or "knuckle ...

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