Talk:Janney coupler

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See Talk:Coupling (railway). Peter Horn User talk 16:12, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Merger
Lets get on with it without loosing any images. Peter Horn User talk 17:25, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Gooseneck coupler
Re Janney coupler, please see my post at Talk:Victorian Railways box vans. Peter Horn User talk 23:44, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

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Can someone add a section explaining how it works?
Hi, this coupler is something I've seen my whole life and always wondered about. This article is great, but could someone please add some details on exactly how it works? Specifically:

Thanks in advance for any answers. You don't need to answer here: but if you create a section in the article and answer there, that would be great. Noleander (talk) 14:37, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) They ram to cars together to get them to couple:  if they immediately try to pull the cars apart: will they come apart?  or does the coupling hold?   If the coupling _does_ hold: how is that possible?  Common sense says that if the coupling can join "smoothly" then just reversing the motion would cause them to uncouple (imagine playing a movie backwards).  Is there some kind of cam action that is making it not uncouple?
 * 2) The article talks about this pin that can be inserted into the coupling.  Is that optional?   Or is it required to keep the coupling together?   Is it something that they don't use in the freight yard when assembling the trains, and then the only insert the pins at the last minute before the whole train departs?
 * 3) The pins seem to go into the couplings from a variety of ways: top, bottom etc. If the pins go in from the bottom, what prevents them from falling out?
 * 4) There is a picture of a pin that can be inserted "remotely" by the operator standing far away, at the edge of the car.  That seems safe, but doesn't the operator have to go between the cars anyway to attach the brake hoses?
 * 5) When cars are uncoupled, the coupling is always in the open position, correct?  Would it ever be in the closed position (when cars uncoupled) or is that forbidden because then the cars cannot be easily coupled again?
 * 6) If the train cars are on a curved track, is there any risk that the couplings will not line-up properly to make the connection?
 * 7) The article says there is a specification which requires that the couplings have to align within 1" vertically (something like 30" above the track, I think).  That make sense, but don't the cars have spring suspensions that  would cause them to sink 2 or 3 inches under heavy loads?  Or do the suspensions only sink 1" maximum?
 * 1) To uncouple, the pin needs to be lifted up (top operated) or pulled from the bottom (bottom operated). Peter Horn User talk 18:47, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) The pin is a permanent part of the mechanism. Peter Horn User talk 18:47, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 3) Again, the pin is a permanent part of the mechanism and is shaped to suit. Peter Horn User talk 18:47, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 4) In all cases the hoses are manually attached anyway. Peter Horn User talk 18:47, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 5) When uncoupled it gets never in a closed position. The mechanism does not permit that. Peter Horn User talk 18:47, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 6) I have personally seen couplers not align up when cars were on a sharp curve. The operator had to use force Peter Horn User talk 18:47, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 7) The standard 11 inch tall knuckle can handle the vertical misalignments and is meant to do so. Peter Horn User talk 18:47, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Individual anxwer above. Peter Horn User talk 18:47, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Clarification needed
Re Janney coupler see Talk:Double shelf coupler Peter Horn User talk 23:48, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Henricot coupler
Janney coupler The corresponding article in the French Wiki is fr:Attelage Henricot. Peter Horn User talk 17:59, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Link to Janney Wikipedia page
Eli H. Janney The foregoing needs to be added to the article. Mkshbck (talk) 12:50, 26 May 2024 (UTC)