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2. Gladhand connector - Wikipedia

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   A pair of gladhand connectors between railroad cars A gladhand connector on a trailer. A gladhand connector or gladhand coupler is an interlocking hose coupling fitted to hoses supplying pressurized air from a tractor unit to air brakes on a semi-trailer, [1] or from a locomotive to railway air brakes on railroad cars. [2]

3. Railway coupling by country - Wikipedia

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   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 ⁄ 2 in )

4. Track gauge conversion - Wikipedia

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   Concrete sleepers may be cast with alternative gauge fittings in place, an example being those used during the conversion of the Melbourne–Adelaide railway from 1600 mm (5 ft 3 in) to 1435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). Steel sleepers may have alternative gauge fittings cast at production, may be drilled for new fittings or may be welded with new ...

5. Railway coupling - Wikipedia

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   standard gauge mainline railroads: FK-15-12, which are used on Stadler KISS, Stadler GTW and Stadler FLIRT; FK-15-10, which is compatible with the Scharfenberg type 10 coupler; metros and suburban railways: FK-9-6; streetcars and narrow gauge railcars: FK-5.5-4 and FK-3-2.5

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.

7. 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 ...