[modeleng] Re: Couplings
- From: "Peter J. Cathcart" <peter.cathcart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:52:45 -0000
Alan
I will borrow one of the pins tomorrow. We are running our outside track at
Kew Bridge Steam Museum http://www.kbsm.org/ this weekend (a superb museum
by the way). I will be there in the morning. I will take a pic as well and
email it to you. I would love to find a source for more. No one seems to
know where we got them from.
We do check the bracket as well as it was actually the bracket that caused
so much hilarity so many years ago.
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 8:03 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Couplings
Peter, what size are the bars and the holes / pins you use?
Both seem to vary widely between clubs.
As for accidents. I was visiting one club once when the coupling parted and
the loco took off like a scalded cat.
It managed to stay on the track until it collided with another train.
Upon checking, it wasn't the coupling that had parted, but the bolts holding
the bracket to which the coupling was secured. Said bracket was only held on
by two 4BA brass bolts.
Luckily damage was minimal, and no one was hurt.
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.alanstepney.info
Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter J. Cathcart" <peter.cathcart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 6:46 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Couplings
Alan
We use bars, as probably most clubs do. As for pins, we have a set of pins
with a spring semi-circle which is quite vicious if you're not careful. It
means, however, that once the pin is in it simply can't bounce out. This is
critical. All locos are meant to be checked by the loco super for the day
to make sure the couplings are totally secure.
We have a video taken probably 20 years ago, by pure fluke, of a loco on the
track with the loco parting from its driving carriage. We play it
occasionally on club nights and it brings tears to the eyes! On the more
serious side it made us realise what can happen and that is why we sorted
suitable pins.
Hilarity is the mother of invention.
Peter
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