SOME ASPECTS OF AUTOMATIC CENTER-COUPLERS APPLIED TO EUROPE

The decision to introduce centre-automatic couplers as the sole draw and buffing gear and obviate the manual uncoupling and coupling up of trains has been the subject of a great deal of attention by railways and industry alike. A point raised by some administrations highlights the advantages obtained by controlling the train by the locomotive brakes only, when this can be effected through the transmission. The foregoing therefore dictates a draw gear which will provide for braking at the head of the train.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 158-160
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Couplers; Freight cars
• Old TRIS Terms: Braking systems
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057181
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Rail Engineering International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1974 12:00AM