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Kadee Quality Products Co. is a model railroad manufacturer. They are best known for their couplers, but also produce rolling stock and accessories. The coupler line covers N and larger scales. Kadee coupler, mounted on a model hopper car. Kadee Quality Products was established in 1940 by identical twin brothers Keith and Dale Edwards. [1]
The Wedglock coupler is named for the pneumatic wedges that lock the moving parts of the coupler head in the engaged position. It is the standard automatic coupler used on London Underground trains. The coupler was introduced in 1936 [56] and is manufactured by William Cook Rail [57] and Voith. [58]
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 ...
Converted to AAR couplers 1893~1900 per Safety Appliance Act; Older city systems have unique coupler designs for transit stock, e.g. H2C couplers on New York City Subway rolling stock; Scharfenberg couplers on newer light rail and transit systems; Pin Cup coupler on multiple unit transit stock; Russian couplers on industrial and mining Stock
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 ...
Coupler (US+) Coupling (UK+) Device at the front and rear of the locomotive for connecting locomotives and rolling stock. [1] [5] [3]: 31 ...
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.
The British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) passenger train. It is a member of the Sprinter series of regional trains, produced as a replacement for British Rail's first generation of DMUs; of the other members, the Class 159 is almost identical to the Class 158, having been converted from Class 158 to Class 159 in two batches to operate express services from ...