JonMyrlennBailey
Active member
This video show freight cars being coupled in no more than 50 seconds flat. Human boots have to be on the ground for this operation. Not quite as snappy as Trainz/model trains coupling. I used to ride SP/Caltrain commute trains in the 1980's from San Francisco to San Jose and back in California. At each end of the line, engines would get run around the train. Men would have hammers and toolboxes doing the coupling operations. I have been on front coaches when the engine backed up to hook up. A mild thud was felt and heard. I don't think it took more than 5 minutes for the the train to be underway after the aforementioned thud to couple. Are there more things for human hands to connect on a passenger train than on a freight? It looks rather dangerous to stand between cars to hook things up. I ask so I know how much WAIT FOR time to give on Trainz time tables (before or after coupling commands) to simulate the real time for coupling operations as if RR men were actually doing the work. Do engines take longer than cars to couple?
freight car coupling uncoupling - Yahoo Video Search Results
freight car coupling uncoupling - Yahoo Video Search Results