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From: Philip Weibler [mailto:pawnbaw@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 6:00 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Jim Neubauer; Pete Hedgpeth; Dave Lotz
Subject: Re: [CBQ] How does a coupler work?
The knuckle transmits draft force to the drawhead (coupler body) thru the
lock - the guts of the coupler. Once cars are coupled together, that big
ol' pin can be removed! It exists to provide a hinge for the knuckle to
rotate around, but is not in shear and will probably die of old age and
rust - although sometimes in very dramatic "incidents" it will get bent.
Switchmen working in the yards would sometimes have a knuckle fall to the
ground when they made a 'cut' because somebody many miles back had
'borrowed' the pin. Farmers found them handy for hitching up equipment to
their tractors. Have been on both sides of this game - switched on the Rock
Island and ran on the Cheap & NoWages - and have completed a few "drawbar
tests". QuincyPAW
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