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Guide to Freight Car Couplers and Draft Gear Systems

Guide to Freight Car Couplers and Draft Gear Systems

$74.95

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  • 120 pages
  • The Railway Educational Bureau (12-2000)
  • ISBN: 0911382267
  • Dimensions (in inches): 8.5x11
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Learn maintenance procedures on various types of coupler and draft gear systems used on railway equipment. The book covers comprehensive information that identifies the various components, identification, inspection and gauging details for various systems used on railway freight cars. Now in soft cover format.

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Topics covered include:
Coupler and Draft System Dynamics
Type E Couplers
Type E/F Couplers
Type F Couplers
Uncoupling Levers
Yokes
Draft Gears
Cushioning Units
Hydra-Cushion Center-of-Car Unit
Slackless Drawbar
National Casting Articulated Connectors
ASF Articulated Connectors
Spherical Articulated Coupling (SAC-1)

This book is used in the new correspondence course offered by The Railway Educational Bureau. Call 1-800-228-9670 for more details.