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 Posted - October 22 2015 : 12:03:28 AM
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Today is / was Back To The Future Day
I ask this question for in the third film Knuckle Couplers (Lima) are shown
My question and I have asked this to museums ETC AND reminded of it seeing it elsewhere on line
When was The Knuckle Coupler invented?
For in the 19th century Latch couples were used until the invention of the hand
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Posted - October 22 2015 : 06:34:20 AM
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It was the Janney knuckle coupler, invented in 1868.
It took another 20 years for them to really catch on....
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Posted - October 27 2015 : 8:08:56 PM
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You can gander as to when the Westinghouse brakes were patened... and then finally required to be used on ALL trains... It wasn't until well after 1900!
John
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