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.
Sergent/Prototype couplers are close, but if you bent a piece of wire to the shape of the bar in the video, it'll be the same, or you could just buy the Precision Scale Co. version, which is a perfect 1/87.09 (H0) version of the American Rail ones in the video.
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
@@Swampie02 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 $)
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.
This is a CBC Coupler System, which came to India with the German LHB Coaches I guess in 1999-2000, and has been used by many trains, including freighters. The Diesel and Electric locomotives in India are equipped with both traditional hook-couplers and CBC...
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.
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
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: th-cam.com/video/5y1ESfnkXac/w-d-xo.html
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!
@@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.
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.
You can download the STEP file from the GRABCAD site by searching for the coupler entry. Having received several requests to make more but not having time, I made the file available to be able to make them independently.
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.
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.
@@Kai01191-t 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: th-cam.com/video/IEX6_GRk6sU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=LrVuUOpLKLeyCgcG&t=317
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...
I made them by milling and then sandblasting. As previously indicated, you can download the STEP file from the GRABCAD site by searching for the coupler item. Having received the same request several times but not having time to make others, I made the file available to be able to make them independently.
Good explanation without words!!!
Recommendation??
@@gamergaming6604 mhmm
@@Helperbot-2000 hmmm
Roger
@@pradeepgalgali roger roger
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.
i use geran made cupers i seen mani vids of the usa cuplers braking and they are expensive where i live
Sergent/Prototype couplers are close, but if you bent a piece of wire to the shape of the bar in the video, it'll be the same, or you could just buy the Precision Scale Co. version, which is a perfect 1/87.09 (H0) version of the American Rail ones in the video.
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!
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
@@Swampie02 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.
_it gets rusty_
But i gets clicky
michelle salazar hehe train couple go **click clack**
They are lubricated
@@sudiptadas996 Nope
they’re holding hands...
Actual railroad lingo.
This video is amazingly impressive, excellent job using a small model to show how something functions! 😎
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
I just got stuck in this vortex; just watched 3 different rail couplers in the past 5min.
thanks, i liked how you directly found the way to my mind not ears, nicely explained in just a minute 👍👍
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
@@duncanblack7359 Protocraft have you covered.
Great Video.. Deserves more Views 🤘
I ever wondered how these work. Now I know. Thanks!
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.
The video is very useful, it can add insight, Best regards from me in Indonesia
As an O gauge model train hobby guy, I can relate to this.
Thank you very much Sir..........
You cleared my confusion completely........
take all my money i just need to imagine that there is an actual train around those couplers
i see em every day
These would actually be REALLY cool to own.
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.
This is a CBC Coupler System, which came to India with the German LHB Coaches I guess in 1999-2000, and has been used by many trains, including freighters. The Diesel and Electric locomotives in India are equipped with both traditional hook-couplers and CBC...
1:02 that sounded like one of those dissapointment sound effect you'd hear in cartoons
Thanks for the demo. I was wondering how they clamp together and then stay clamped
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.
NEAT! I work around trains everyday.
Great explanation.
😂😂😂 they’re so tiny😂😂😂 it’s like a mini wrench😂😂😂
Such a nicely machined little model.
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
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: th-cam.com/video/5y1ESfnkXac/w-d-xo.html
Where did you get those? I need them
As I explained previously, these are articles that I create for the livesteam world.
@@maemavaporevivo They're awesome
Even the rails are couples..
Hi from Indonesian 👋
And they are clearly the superior couplers
Now I know how these work I can Rest In Peace
The guy design this stuff should get the Nobel price
Eli H. Janney?
I want coupling
What is the price
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!
I absolutely have no idea why. But I need them.
This project was done by The name ARR couplers.
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.
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.
You can download the STEP file from the GRABCAD site by searching for the coupler entry.
Having received several requests to make more but not having time, I made the file available to be able to make them independently.
Abhi muze achese samaz. Mai aya thank u
Good job. Who made them?
Did you buy or make those
Where do you buy these?
I made them myself with CNC milling.
Visit the website www.maemalivesteam.com .
@@maemavaporevivoyay :D thanks!
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.
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.
now we need somebody to replicate that for ho scale trains!!!!
Why weren’t these adopted by railroads worldwide? They seem much safer and stronger than the link and link and pin system used elsewhere?)
buffer and hook still around because its hard to convert almost every rolling stock into a knuckle coupler
Are these tiny couplers for sale? I would love to have tiny couplers just sitting around
The compact shibuya concept seems much cleaner, and easier for someone to uncouple
I've learned so much from this video
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
@@Kai01191-t 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: th-cam.com/video/IEX6_GRk6sU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=LrVuUOpLKLeyCgcG&t=317
@@QuirkyKitsune lol, ya gotta love hype for explaining the differences to us
Perfectly shown.
Unlocking a single coupler is enough to separate or hook both.
Great Soundtrack!
Called buck eye couplings on the British rail network
👍
Do these come in key chains? Just asking
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...
Wonder the reason for the holes at the end of the two curved pieces that grab each other?
The hole is used in the case of couplings with other types of hook. It allows you to insert a fixing pin even just for a chain link.
@@maemavaporevivo Thanks, I was thinking it might be for a cooling feature.
They're also called knuckle couplers, right? 'Cause they look like two hands?
I've heard em being called knuckle couplers, anyway.
awesome how they make something very sturdy yet simple
This railway couple is also in use in Indian railway but mainly for freight trains
Thank you TH-cam, very cool.
How did you make that or where did you get it from ? Cuz i want one
I made them by milling and then sandblasting.
As previously indicated, you can download the STEP file from the GRABCAD site by searching for the coupler item.
Having received the same request several times but not having time to make others, I made the file available to be able to make them independently.
Ohh ok thx :)
Would have been nice to more clearly show the locking pin and what happens inside the knuckle.
where did you find/buy these?
Where you buy those?
Where can I get something like this
Where can I get some of those
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wow that is a great design...
really cute mini-train twin handles locks hands
It's hard to believe that such tiny couplers can support the weight of a train weighing thousands of tons.
🤦♂️
I love trains and train couplers
They had 'em on the Lionel trains I had as a kid. Same thing but smaller.
I want those…
How does lifting the pin loosen it? Any help would be appreciated.
The pin appears to have a notch which allows the heel of the knuckle to pass through once raised to where they line up.
Where did you bought it?
What if you "unlock" just 1 side of them, not both, when the train is running on a railway?
The whole train will stop
Pls tell me where can I buy this miniature model.. I would love to hv this in my collection
me too
Do both have to be unlocked before they can be separated?
No, just one has to be unlocked.
Where can I get a set of these I have ADHD and I have model trains this would be a great fidget
How is this train?
I want to BUY these Things !
It's just a demonstration video.
In truth, you can also act on just one hook, both to couple and uncouple them.
ну а если шплинты "упали" - значит заблокировали. как тогда сцепка осуществится?
भाई यह कहां से परचेज करें
Can these be purchased?
How much does it cost?!😃↕️
Where did you get these?
I produced them myself (maemalivesteam.com).
On the Grabcad site I made the step file available for those who want to reproduce them independently.
I like the little clicky sounds
Awesome. A life long mystery solved.
Do Russians use the same couplers?
Do they have anything for o scale these look a little bit bigger than o scale
Our🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 Indian railways also use same couplers🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Are the F-scale? 1:20.23?
There’s a video that shows where they break
What scale are these couplers ?