Buffers and chain couplers (or couplings) – also known as "buffers and screw", "screw", and "screwlink" – are the de facto International Union of Railways...

A buffer is a part of the buffers and chain coupler system used on the railway systems of many countries, among them most of those in Europe, for attaching...

meat chopper coupler named after the shape of the movable hook. The Norwegian coupler allows sharper curves than the buffer and chain coupler, which is an...

automatic coupler design, also known as the Faiveley Transpact; it is a hybrid compatible with both buffers and chain couplers and Russian SA3 couplers, intended...

Auto-latch 3" in English) or Willison coupler and Russian coupler are railway couplings used primarily in Russia and states influenced by the former Soviet...

bottom-operated on cars AAR Type E coupler with top operator on mobile crane. "Drophead" coupler swung down reveals buffers and chain coupler on a British Rail Class...

to hold the chain is cast in the body of the coupler or a chain is mounted on top of the coupler. This is also done with an SA3 coupler built by SAB...

unnamed train A blue ICF coach used on the Gorakdham Express A buffers and chain coupler on an ICF coach used on Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti Express ICF...

buffers (if any). Alternative expressions for length over headstocks are length over coupler pulling faces, usually applied to Janney couplers, and length...

Contact) Albert coupler bell and hook coupler BSI coupler (Bergische Stahl Industrie) buffers and chain coupler, also known as British, buffers and screw, English...

Bike Chain Belt (mechanical) – Method of connecting two rotating shafts or pulleys Buffers and chain coupler – Coupling for railway vehicles Chain (unit) –...

Railways also moved to buffers and chain couplers but during the 1970s they developed a large, heavy-duty version of the Norwegian coupler, which was first...

chain), a mechanical drive chain Bicycle chain, a roller chain that transfers power from the pedals to the drive-wheel of a bicycle Buffers and chain...

soon replaced on passenger stock by buffers and chain couplers where the couplings are held tight by buffers and shortened by a turnbuckle, while in most...

ring ropes to post Turnbuckles on a support for a boat jetty Buffers and chain coupler Guy-wire Mechanical joint "Special Hardware You Should Know About"...

cabbed ends of coupled trains is less common. Anticlimber Buffers and chain coupler Janney coupler Railway coupling SA3 coupler Tightlock coupler Vestibule...

brakes were to be produced at Palwal in the Indian state of Haryana. The couplers of the locomotive were supplied by Faiveley Transport. 85-90% of the components...

stock fitted without buffer and chain couplers A barrier vehicle at NI Railways' York Road yard. It has an instanter coupler and buffers at one end for use...

the C-Akv coupler can also function like the hook and air connectors for a hook-and-chain coupler, ad long as the vehicle with the C-Akv coupler still has...

entering service in New South Wales, the 4 locos were fitted with buffers and chain coupler to NSWGR standards. The cab profile was also altered to fit within...

diesel locomotives 20903, 20901 and 20902 belonging to Direct Rail Services. The route covered 4,500 kilometres (2,800 mi) and the train arrived at Fushë Kosovë...

replaced steam power, and are not used for the common assemblage of several power units. In countries where buffers-and-chain couplers are used, bank engines...

same reason. Cabanatuan's center chain mechanism as part of its buffers and chain coupler was replaced by a Janney coupler sometime during its service life...

the 2020s to replace the English buffers and chain couplings, initially in Europe. It resembles the Scharfenberg coupler with extra contacts to join electrical...

(better quality) Mogai class locomotive in Korea in 1906. Note the buffers-and-chain coupler. The picture shows the modernized old Korea. King 'Kojong' believed...

seven semi-permanently coupled carriages: two sleeping cars, three couchette cars, and two seated cars. To simplify reversing and shunting operations the...

imported in Bangladesh in 2012, 2013 and 2014. These locomotives have a power of 3100 hp. They are fitted with AAR coupling and have a gear ratio of 65:18. These...

gauge Not all couplers can handle very short radii. This is particularly true of the European buffer and chain couplers, where the buffers extend the length...

Derby Works and were initially numbered D138–D193. With the arrival of TOPS they were renumbered to Class 46. Along with the similar Class 44 and 45 locomotives...

Janney couplers, European freight trains primarily still use buffer and chain couplers, which require railway workers to screw each connection open and shut...