02-19-2010, 03:59 AM
[quote="Charlie B" I wasn't aware that anything there was equipped with knuckle couplers.
Charlie.[/quote]
The EWS 66's are fitted with a normal coupler hook, plus a knuckle coupler that can be moved sideways when the hook is used, or locked in place for knuckle operation. Only the block trains, like the modern coal hoppers use knuckle couplers. Most of these are kept in sets, and ones operated by locomotives without knuckle couplers have buffers and normal hook couplers on the outer ends. This also applies to the iron ore trains shown.
Charlie.[/quote]
The EWS 66's are fitted with a normal coupler hook, plus a knuckle coupler that can be moved sideways when the hook is used, or locked in place for knuckle operation. Only the block trains, like the modern coal hoppers use knuckle couplers. Most of these are kept in sets, and ones operated by locomotives without knuckle couplers have buffers and normal hook couplers on the outer ends. This also applies to the iron ore trains shown.
Alan Curtis
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