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  2. Tightlock coupling - Wikipedia

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    On a standard-gauge railway, the nominal mounting height for the coupler (rail top to coupler center) is 33 inches (838 mm), with a 34 + 1 ⁄ 2 ± 1 inch (876 ± 25 mm) maximum height on empty cars and 31 + 1 ⁄ 2 ± 1 inch (800 ± 25 mm) minimum height on loaded cars.

  3. British Rail Class 466 - Wikipedia

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    Each of these units is formed of two coaches that have dimensions of 20.89 m × 2.81 m (68 ft 6 in × 9 ft 3 in) and a top speed of 75 mph (121 km/h). [5] Class 466 in Southeastern livery at Sheerness-on-Sea in 2011

  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. Railway coupling by country - Wikipedia

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    Small knuckle coupler with slot in knuckle for link and pin couplers on 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Shibata semi-automatic couplers on EMUs made by Toshiba - Marubeni Corp . (1956 D.F. Sarmiento Railway , 1962 General Bartolomé Mitre Railway , 1973 General Urquiza Railway and 1983 General Roca Railway EMUs).

  6. British Rail Class 416 - Wikipedia

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    There were two subclasses of Class 416: Class 416/1 to an SR design on salvaged 2-NOL underframes, built between 1953 and 1956, and Class 416/2 based on a British Railways Mark 1 coach design. In the 1980s some 2 EPB units were used on the North London Line between Richmond and North Woolwich ; these units were equipped with window bars.

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  8. 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.

  9. 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 ...