. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Ffl- 4—Arrangement of Devices Used in Transition Fromm Linl. or .\. R. .\.coupler. It is thirty years ago that the railroads herewere in the throes of the changes. l-ortunately the]>roblem was not as serious as it is in India. The linkwas su])ported in a ])osition a])pro\imating that rer|uired. to enter the coupler mi the oi)posing car and necdefl onlyto be lifted slightly in order to slip into place. This couldbe done directly by hand or by the use of a stick. Thelatter was the safe metho
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Ffl- 4—Arrangement of Devices Used in Transition Fromm Linl. or .\. R. .\.coupler. It is thirty years ago that the railroads herewere in the throes of the changes. l-ortunately the]>roblem was not as serious as it is in India. The linkwas su])ported in a ])osition a])pro\imating that rer|uired. to enter the coupler mi the oi)posing car and necdefl onlyto be lifted slightly in order to slip into place. This couldbe done directly by hand or by the use of a stick. Thelatter was the safe method but the former was the com-mon methfxl that resulted in a corres]K)nding loss offingers and hands by the brakemen. When the |>resent standard automatic cou])ler wasadopted a slot was cut in the lijj of the knuckle and avertical hole cored through it as shown in the accom])any-ing illustration, l-ig. .r With this arrangement no extra])arts, to be scrapjKrl later were required. If two cars,each equii>ped with the automatic cou])lcr were brought was that the slot and pin IkjIc weakened the knucklesomewhat and made quite common. But, whenall cars had been equi]j])ed. the slot and pin hole wereomitted from new construction and the knuckle a^suniedthe form that it has to-da\. Decrease in Casualties from Traiii-ServiceAcridents Casualties resulting from train and train-serviceacc
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