Hi all, I'm currently scratch building based on this picture - Question - Are the couplings hanging on the wall painted orange to identify them as belonging to the fuel yard/depot? That is my thought on them. Any help appreciated.
The couplings painted red are emergency couplings. They are painted red so staff could tell they were the emergency type not a properly fitted coupling. (http://igg.org.uk/rail/4-rstock/04arstock2b.htm) Cheers, Gary.
Hi Gary, from that link I can see that being useful for DMUs and the like where they were not provided with 'chain', only hooks for emergency use, but a loco and wagons would both have couplings, so if one failed the other coupling could be used, seems like an overkill. Jim
Andy, I meant to ask, do you know where that building is sited, really got me curious, but not found any info yet, Jim
Andrew as I understand matters, as Gary previously said, screw couplings painted red (Rail Red in my day) denoted their use was only as emergency couplers in the event a coupling failed due to a rough snatch in the shunting yard. These red couplings had to be changed back for proper replacement couplings by C&W staff at the earliest oportunity.
Andy, All emergency (spare) couplings will be RED to ensure they can be easily identified. Sometimes the original one will have to be left in situe, but may have failed, or may be replacing the buckeye (which as a hook but no coupling) so if your going coach to coach where a buckeye may have failed, one of these red ones would have to be used, and the coaches locked as you cant close couple. put this down to my experience as a guard. Have a look at my post Class 33’s | Platform1mrc.com where you can see it fitted on Class 33 102. Andy
Hi Paul, I can understand this where a vehicle did not normally have e.g. a screw coupling, would this still apply if both vehicles had couplings and one had broken? Jim
Accepted practice when I worked for BR was to employ the heaviest coupling e.g a screw coupling over an instanter or use the locomotive coupling and not the first wagon coupling, likewise a vehicle fitted with screw couplings could be marshalled against a lighter weight wagon with an instanter coupling in which case the screw coupling would be used. So an emergency coupling is used in those instances where failure occurs in the heavier coupling.
Couldn't remember so I did a Google image search, it was the Toton Fuel Line Store. I believe it came from this site - https://railwaylaserlines.co.uk/pro...el-line-store-maintenance-office-o-gauge-kit/
Hi Andy, does it come with all those interior items, not so much a store as an office and mess Me dummy, you are modelling in 00 and using the pictures as reference, Jim
