Being a real railroader and model railroader, I have to say, those couplers are he closest thing I have ever seen to the real thing. I model in HO and love Kadee couplers but I wish they would come up with a design like yours.
Woah!!! I love practical demonstrations, and this is why. :D This was amazing! Short, simple, straight to the point, and I could probably go change a knuckle on my local railroad now, as soon as I bulk up enough to lift 80 lbs into place while also manhandling the locking pins...
On 2nd watching, I'm paying closer attention to the mechanical loading and the bearing surfaces, and realizing that you're essentially putting hundreds of thousands of tons of weight on a bearing surface that's maybe a square foot in size (the little locking lip inside the knuckle that holds the knuckle closed). Now I'm wondering what part of the knuckle breaks most often...
@@c182SkylaneRG - there’s a video , coal train coupler broke and repaired . Gives an excellent view of where it broke . The area around the pin is really thin
@@jadenjacobs8667 You don't have to buy the whole printer. There are many custom printing services out there. Usually it costs per gram. And 3D printers are not really that expensive. My campus has one. Costs around maybe $350 (I live in Indonesia. I converted it to $)
Great video! I was wondering how the retaining pin fitted into the knuckle. I've helped put the knuckle on a full size train at a museum, the thing was too heavy to do anything more than position it. If it was a tad lighter I would have taken a look!
American RR couplers make so much more sense than those of Europe. Watching how the ground man in Europe must get between the cars to make the connenction gives me the willies. Railroading is dangerous, but the European coupling method seems to add to the peril.
There is nothing dangerous on the european version. Crew wait outside until bumpers are pressed together, then he just gets in between two braked cars and join them by chain coupler. But european railroads plan to change the chain coupler to DAC {Digital Automatic Coupler} by 2030s, because while not dangerous, there are still disadvantages like: 1. Need for extra workforce {Groundcrews} 2. Time needed to connect the cars {Connecting chain, pipes and cables separately, instead of everything at once} 3. Lower tonnage value before it breaks DAC V4: ruclips.net/video/5y1ESfnkXac/видео.html
It is quite strong yes. The internals are designed in such a way that all the force of the train goes through them and not the actual knuckle (the bit that pivots). I think they're good for up to 1,000,000 pounds of force. Which is a lot, but when your talking about a 5 mile long train you can easily generate those kinds of forces if your not careful managing the slack action of the train.
That's a lot easier than in real life. I'd give you bonus points if you had miniature pin lifters. You didn't demonstrate how either knuckle does not a pin to stay "closed." However, one does need a pin when "opening" the knuckle otherwise the next joint won't make and the knuckle will likely fall out. I like this video; no yammering and no music.... a simple demonstration.
It's almost as if our species spent thousands of generations figuring out a way to communicate precise ideas by making sounds, and then somebody decided to ignore it.
Fun fact! If you remove the hinge pin while the knuckle is closed, you lose just about no structural integrity! All the force is held by the large pin in the back!
I would have thought that the Europeans used these, and this says they do. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_coupling#Buckeye_/Janney_/MCB_/ARA_/AAR_/APTA_Couplers. That being said, I'll believe someone from Europe over some site in America.
@@michaelbujaki2462 well first off, do not ever use wikipedia as a source of information. the site can literally be edited by anyone from anywhere. second. yes some of the newer trains passenger trains are using something similar but different. 3rd img.fotocommunity.com/class-66-euro-cargo-rail-249f30c0-7d9a-4f84-9f9d-92fce82a6926.jpg?height=1080
@@michaelbujaki2462 they're only used in very specific scenarios like locomotive hauled narrow gauge trains in spain or some freighters in the uk, but overall the most popular couplers are the chains and buffer ones
@@benedekhalda-kiss9737 actually they do or they could not go around curves because the bumpers would push against each other. These are also more dangerous because someone has to stand in between the cars to connect and disconnect them which is why the is got rid of that system well over 100 years ago
They're called knuckle couplers, patented in the late 1800s by a fellow named Janney. They are NOT spring loaded open-brakeman have to manually open at least one to couple.
@@Kaithelegoguy Technically, Janney couplers only refer to the original iteration as there are many distinguishing features separating it from modern knuckle couplers This video describes the differences better: ruclips.net/video/IEX6_GRk6sU/видео.htmlsi=LrVuUOpLKLeyCgcG&t=317
@@angusbodrie7472 I am really pleased that you appreciate my work. This was made to order and I don't always have pieces in stock. Also I'm not organized to sell abroad... But if you want more information, gladly. Thank you.
So you have to undo both before the mechanism releases? Unlike in every movie where they’re on a train and just keep hitting one of them with a wrench...
The chain or "3 link" couplers are a hangover from the early days of railways, they are only found on old freight stock here now. Most modern locomotives have "drophead" or "swinghead" knuckle couplers so they are compatible with old and new.
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I honestly thought they were wrenches
Me too the first time
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Being a real railroader and model railroader, I have to say, those couplers are he closest thing I have ever seen to the real thing. I model in HO and love Kadee couplers but I wish they would come up with a design like yours.
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I concur!!!!💯❤️
Sergeant couplers are the closest to real couplers I have ever seen.
Good explanation without words!!!
Recommendation??
@@gamergaming6604 mhmm
@@Helperbot-2000 hmmm
Roger
@@pradeepgalgali roger roger
Woah!!! I love practical demonstrations, and this is why. :D This was amazing! Short, simple, straight to the point, and I could probably go change a knuckle on my local railroad now, as soon as I bulk up enough to lift 80 lbs into place while also manhandling the locking pins...
On 2nd watching, I'm paying closer attention to the mechanical loading and the bearing surfaces, and realizing that you're essentially putting hundreds of thousands of tons of weight on a bearing surface that's maybe a square foot in size (the little locking lip inside the knuckle that holds the knuckle closed). Now I'm wondering what part of the knuckle breaks most often...
@@c182SkylaneRG - there’s a video , coal train coupler broke and repaired . Gives an excellent view of where it broke .
The area around the pin is really thin
The center pin has a bar that goes off to the side
Thanks sir
You've made my confusion clear that how the coupling is made.....
👏👏👏😇😇
Bc
Done!
they’re holding hands...
Actual railroad lingo.
is like when they wanna hug each other
They the cars are basically holding hands! :)
You win the internet with this comment, it’s so sweet.
When two train cars love each other very much...
For me it look like 2 snakes biting each other
_it gets rusty_
But i gets clicky
michelle salazar hehe train couple go **click clack**
They are lubricated
@@sudiptadas996 Nope
I just got stuck in this vortex; just watched 3 different rail couplers in the past 5min.
This is railfans's toy when they are bored
We need these things for O scale trains, maybe a little smaller, but it’d help!
very well machined too
Where can we buy this ?
Bruh your indonesia right
These would actually be REALLY cool to own.
take all my money i just need to imagine that there is an actual train around those couplers
i see em every day
thanks, i liked how you directly found the way to my mind not ears, nicely explained in just a minute 👍👍
This video is amazingly impressive, excellent job using a small model to show how something functions! 😎
Can you tell me...where to buy this stuff ?!....really excited when the coupler goes locking each ...
Just 3D print it
@@Vi-pv3xi you say just 3d print it like a 3d printer doesn't cots a couple thousand dollars
@@jadenjacobs8667 You don't have to buy the whole printer. There are many custom printing services out there. Usually it costs per gram.
And 3D printers are not really that expensive. My campus has one. Costs around maybe $350 (I live in Indonesia. I converted it to $)
Nuclear Fission Those aren’t plastic, it’s metal, most likely machined.
JoePadabass Channel I don’t think you *could* buy those, my best guess is they were machined.
NEAT! I work around trains everyday.
Great explanation.
Even the rails are couples..
I absolutely have no idea why. But I need them.
I ever wondered how these work. Now I know. Thanks!
Thank you very much Sir..........
You cleared my confusion completely........
Great Video.. Deserves more Views 🤘
Thank you so much, a very helpful video.
As an O gauge model train hobby guy, I can relate to this.
This project was done by The name ARR couplers.
Now I know how these work I can Rest In Peace
Great video! I was wondering how the retaining pin fitted into the knuckle. I've helped put the knuckle on a full size train at a museum, the thing was too heavy to do anything more than position it. If it was a tad lighter I would have taken a look!
1:02 that sounded like one of those dissapointment sound effect you'd hear in cartoons
awesome how they make something very sturdy yet simple
These are CBC couplers, these are even used in India.
I've learned so much from this video
Such a nicely machined little model.
now we need somebody to replicate that for ho scale trains!!!!
The video is very useful, it can add insight, Best regards from me in Indonesia
Thanks for the demo. I was wondering how they clamp together and then stay clamped
Hi from Indonesian 👋
American RR couplers make so much more sense than those of Europe. Watching how the ground man in Europe must get between the cars to make the connenction gives me the willies. Railroading is dangerous, but the European coupling method seems to add to the peril.
There is nothing dangerous on the european version. Crew wait outside until bumpers are pressed together, then he just gets in between two braked cars and join them by chain coupler. But european railroads plan to change the chain coupler to DAC {Digital Automatic Coupler} by 2030s, because while not dangerous, there are still disadvantages like:
1. Need for extra workforce {Groundcrews}
2. Time needed to connect the cars {Connecting chain, pipes and cables separately, instead of everything at once}
3. Lower tonnage value before it breaks
DAC V4: ruclips.net/video/5y1ESfnkXac/видео.html
Not included. The hernia and bulged disc from changing a knuckle.
It’s just 85lbs dude.... shoulder that thing and carry it a few miles, it’s a rarity though when it does happen.
Fantastic ....easily understood
The compact shibuya concept seems much cleaner, and easier for someone to uncouple
This railway couple is also in use in Indian railway but mainly for freight trains
What an ingenious simple system that is and of the looks of it also very sturdy
It is quite strong yes. The internals are designed in such a way that all the force of the train goes through them and not the actual knuckle (the bit that pivots). I think they're good for up to 1,000,000 pounds of force. Which is a lot, but when your talking about a 5 mile long train you can easily generate those kinds of forces if your not careful managing the slack action of the train.
That's a lot easier than in real life. I'd give you bonus points if you had miniature pin lifters. You didn't demonstrate how either knuckle does not a pin to stay "closed." However, one does need a pin when "opening" the knuckle otherwise the next joint won't make and the knuckle will likely fall out. I like this video; no yammering and no music.... a simple demonstration.
Great Soundtrack!
0:45 you can almost see how it works, but for some reason it (the critical mechanical interaction) is not clarified.
It's almost as if our species spent thousands of generations figuring out a way to communicate precise ideas by making sounds, and then somebody decided to ignore it.
Couplers is two train cars hooked together
Beautiful models.
It's just a demonstration video.
In truth, you can also act on just one hook, both to couple and uncouple them.
Perfectly shown.
A melhor explicação de como funciona o engate de mandíbula.
Unlocking a single coupler is enough to separate or hook both.
It's hard to believe that such tiny couplers can support the weight of a train weighing thousands of tons.
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They had 'em on the Lionel trains I had as a kid. Same thing but smaller.
Even more simple than i thought (in Europe we were using screw'n'hook joints)
This is used not only in America but also in other countries.Also, I finally found the principle of this lol.
素晴らしい！ そして美しい！
I want to BUY these Things !
I personally prefer the ones used in Britain but they are still cool
Fun fact! If you remove the hinge pin while the knuckle is closed, you lose just about no structural integrity! All the force is held by the large pin in the back!
I don't know who made those but they look similar to the ones made by 1 inch Scale RR Supply or Despatch Railroad Products.
Thanks for this video
I want those…
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wow that is a great design...
really cute mini-train twin handles locks hands
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They're also called knuckle couplers, right? 'Cause they look like two hands?
I've heard em being called knuckle couplers, anyway.
I want these good for stress relief
They look like the robotic hands from the cover picture of the Wish You Were Here album from Pink Floyd.
I love trains and train couplers
Good job 👍
The guy design this stuff should get the Nobel price
Eli H. Janney?
this system is a lot safer and quicker than the European hook and chain couplers.
I would have thought that the Europeans used these, and this says they do. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_coupling#Buckeye_/Janney_/MCB_/ARA_/AAR_/APTA_Couplers. That being said, I'll believe someone from Europe over some site in America.
@@michaelbujaki2462 well first off, do not ever use wikipedia as a source of information. the site can literally be edited by anyone from anywhere.
second. yes some of the newer trains passenger trains are using something similar but different.
3rd img.fotocommunity.com/class-66-euro-cargo-rail-249f30c0-7d9a-4f84-9f9d-92fce82a6926.jpg?height=1080
@@michaelbujaki2462 they're only used in very specific scenarios like locomotive hauled narrow gauge trains in spain or some freighters in the uk, but overall the most popular couplers are the chains and buffer ones
They don't have slack tho
@@benedekhalda-kiss9737 actually they do or they could not go around curves because the bumpers would push against each other. These are also more dangerous because someone has to stand in between the cars to connect and disconnect them which is why the is got rid of that system well over 100 years ago
They're called knuckle couplers, patented in the late 1800s by a fellow named Janney. They are NOT spring loaded open-brakeman have to manually open at least one to couple.
They are also called Janney couplers
@@Kaithelegoguy Technically, Janney couplers only refer to the original iteration as there are many distinguishing features separating it from modern knuckle couplers
This video describes the differences better: ruclips.net/video/IEX6_GRk6sU/видео.htmlsi=LrVuUOpLKLeyCgcG&t=317
@@QuirkyKitsune lol, ya gotta love hype for explaining the differences to us
Would have been nice to more clearly show the locking pin and what happens inside the knuckle.
Our🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 Indian railways also use same couplers🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
It seems to be quite difficult to decouple since one has to lift the pin. And on both sides too. Compared to japanese ones
The center on had a bat that goes off to the side and is quite easy, you can uncouple with just one
Thought it was a wrench at first then I looked closer
Now I want to see the video of the person who made these, making them! A lot of work went into making them.
I made these with a professional CNC milling machine.
@@maemavaporevivo could you make some for me plz???
@@angusbodrie7472 I am really pleased that you appreciate my work.
This was made to order and I don't always have pieces in stock.
Also I'm not organized to sell abroad...
But if you want more information, gladly.
Thank you.
Used here in Australia too.
Why weren’t these adopted by railroads worldwide? They seem much safer and stronger than the link and link and pin system used elsewhere?)
Thank you RUclips, very cool.
Awesome. A life long mystery solved.
So you have to undo both before the mechanism releases? Unlike in every movie where they’re on a train and just keep hitting one of them with a wrench...
here in Australia, with have the same/similar couplers
That could be used for a train toy!
they are for adult toys. live steam scale. Those people with more money than sense.
@@Elfnetdesigns too late i installed these on my train set
Interesting video, thanks for posting. Why do the Brits still use the chain couplers? They seem so unsafe and slow.
They get used in Switzerland too. Really makes no sense to me either
The chain or "3 link" couplers are a hangover from the early days of railways, they are only found on old freight stock here now. Most modern locomotives have "drophead" or "swinghead" knuckle couplers so they are compatible with old and new.
Good job. Who made them?
Thanks so so so much!!!!
Looks like gangster's handshake
and British couplings are gust hooks and chains
They are called knuckle couplers
Question can you still hook them on if one of them is closed and the other one is open
Yes.
Ok thanks
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This is called centre buffer copuling C.B.C .
Where you buy those?
I like the little clicky sounds
Все понятно....👍
It’s either I needs these models, or dude’s a giant
this pisses me off because you only have to open one.
What scale are these couplers ?
Do these come in key chains? Just asking
Because I'd like to buy some