Screw couplings are under-rated, they seem to work perfectly ok everywhere in the world but here, because we apparently don't know how to stop ourselves from risking our necks to do stupid things...I bet they are more comfy from a passenger perspective than autos, and easier (and safer) to use than Shauffenburgers. Shauffenbergs don't line up very well, and shunters often stand between moving rail vehicles to feciltate or augment good coupling, maybe this is an OH&S nightmare?
M
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Grantham Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:29 am
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Screw couplings are under-rated, they seem to work perfectly ok everywhere in the world but here, because we apparently don't know how to stop ourselves from risking our necks to do stupid things...I bet they are more comfy from a passenger perspective than autos, and easier (and safer) to use than Shauffenburgers. Shauffenbergs don't line up very well, and shunters often stand between moving rail vehicles to feciltate or augment good coupling, maybe this is an OH&S nightmare?
M
Congratulations. There are meant to be as many folks between moving vehicles no matter what type of couplings are in use.
You will notice, however, that anywhere Endeavours or Explorers have to regularly couple together, there is a bar on the ground very nearby to assist with the cab-controlled mis-alignment process....
M
Given how safety conscious many European countries are, especially Switzerland, I think it speaks volumes that they still use hook and screw couplings on standard gauge goods trains.
M
Screw couplings and buffers would have to be the most dangerous method of coupling up imaginable. There is no way I would ever allow any of my children to get a job that involves working with this death trap. That should be reason enough to abandon them, let alone all the productivity advantages of auto couplers.
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