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Janney Type E double-shelf couplers are yet another variety, typical on North American hazardous material tank cars. [13] [14] [15] The Janney coupler is commonly used on railway couplings, as it is strong and locks automatically. Janney coupler was patented by Eli Janney after the US Civil War. The Janney interlocking coupling system is much ...
Diagram of the top view of Janney's coupler design as published in his patent application in 1873. Eli Hamilton Janney (November 12, 1831 – June 16, 1912) was the inventor of the modern knuckle coupler that replaced link and pin couplers on North American railroads.
Type H Tightlock couplers on a California Car cab car with separate air brake and head end power connections. Type H Tightlock couplers are a variety of Janney coupler, typically used on North American mainline passenger rail cars. They have mechanical features that reduce slack in normal operation and prevent telescoping in derailments, yet ...
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 ...
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 ...
Due to the drawbacks of Norwegian couplers, the Indonesian State Railways adopted the Janney couplers starting in 1951. [note 3] [4] To allow interoperability with the older rolling stock equipped with Norwegian couplers, early Janney couplers would have gap which allowed the use of Norwegian coupler adaptor called "Perdijk" device. [5]
The railcar couplers or couplings listed, described, and depicted below are used worldwide on legacy and modern railways. Compatible and similar designs are frequently referred to using widely differing make, brand, regional or nick names, which can make describing standard or typical designs confusing.
Janney coupler, a railroad device invented by Eli H. Janney; Zoltán Jeney This page was last edited on 31 October 2024, at 14:31 (UTC). Text is available under the ...