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Re: Couplers vs Buffers
Author: Reader
Date: 04-28-2013 - 18:00

Hutch 7.62 Wrote:
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> Why is it Western Europe has never gone the way of
> the Coupler. What are the benefits (if any) of
> using Buffers and chain vs Couplers
From what I have read it was a safety issue. Early on US railroads used variations of the chain/link pin systems. Then someone (Westinghouse, I think) developed the coupler idea which saved the physical well being of employees. Trains could couple cars without a man standing between the cars as they physically connected.

Here is an article regarding this subject ---> Couplers

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Couplers vs Buffers Hutch 7.62 04-28-2013 - 16:47
  Re: Couplers vs Buffers Reader 04-28-2013 - 18:00
  Re: Couplers vs Buffers Dr Zarkoff 04-28-2013 - 18:17
  Re: Couplers vs Buffers Reader 04-28-2013 - 19:06
  Re: Couplers vs Buffers Hutch 7.62 04-28-2013 - 20:39
  Re: Couplers vs Buffers usmc1401 04-28-2013 - 21:32
  Re: Couplers vs Buffers Tony Johnson 04-28-2013 - 22:18
  Re: Couplers vs Buffers Hutch 7.62 04-29-2013 - 09:16
  Re: Couplers vs Buffers Ernest H. Robl 04-29-2013 - 11:34
  Re: Couplers vs Buffers Michael Mahoney 04-29-2013 - 17:48
  Re: Couplers vs Buffers KKK 04-30-2013 - 21:55


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