On a recent train trip I was able to get some pictures of a few prototype couplings and since this topic comes up every once in awhile, I thought some of you might be interested! Anyway, for better or worse, here they are:
Prototype Couplings
You are right!
railohio wrote:
You are absolutely right! Unfortunately I have no idea what the answer is!The photos would be a lot more useful if you could explain what exactly we're looking at. There sure are a lot of connections in there...
I just had the opportunity to take the pictures and did so thinking that someone might find them interesting and/or useful!
To be totally honest, if someone else had posted this thread I would probably have ignored it!
The lower two photos look
The lower two photos look just like the connection between the commuter cars I ride. I believe beside the coupler and air hose, there is a power cable (the multi wire cable w/red connector), and a control cable (which also has multiple wires in the cable, maybe I could count the pins on one of these left laying around...) for when the cab is operated from the opposite end of the train (the thick cable blue connector).
Commuter Charlie....
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