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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING EMERGENCY SCREW AND
EMERGERNCY LINK COUPLINGS.
General Rules 23 and 174.
An Emergency SCREW coupling is carried in the Brake compartments
of vehicles fitted with automatic Buckeye Couplers, and an Emergency
LINK coupling with one fiat and two oval links is carried on the headstock&
of all vehicles fitted with Buckeye Couplers.
When, from any cause, the Buckeye Couplers cannot be used, the Emergency
SCREW coupling must be used whenever possible and screwed up•
tightly to keep the vestibules together for use.
In the event of two vehicles fitted with Buckeye Couplers becoming
uncoupled, on no account must
- with a nthe y Buckeye a t t Coupler. e m p t
When Emergency SCREW or Emergency LINK couplings are used, the
bstation, e where they are put on the carriage, must advise by wire, the des-
mtination a station d where e the defective vehicle will be taken out of the train,
tand the staff o at the latter point must replace the Emergency SCREW'
coupling
c o
in the
u
Brake
p
compartment
l
or in the case of the Emergency LINK
coupling on the headstock of the vehicle to which it belongs.
METHOD e OF USING—
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a EMERGENCY
NATI:IRE gOP aCOACHES iTO
BE CourEING
METHOD OF C OU PLIN G.
n MISHAP. ,
JOINED, TO BE USED.
(I) One or both Two Coaches fitted SCREW. Drop couplers, extend side Buffers on one
couplers amiss. with Buckeye vehicle only, place short link of screw
Couplers. Coupling on hook first, then long link
on opposite hook and screw up as
tightly as possible.
(2) One or both
couplers amiss
and draw-hook
broken,
Ditto. LINK. If sufficient hook is left on the vehicle
with the broken draw-hook to hold
coupler up, leave it up, extend side
buffers on both vehicles, place Emergency
link coupling on sound drawhook
and flat link in slot of knuckle
of Buckeye Coupler on opposite vehicle,
drop coupling pin through coupler and
fiat link. Lock the vestibule doors on
each vehicle. If there is not sufficient
hook left to support coupler head, it
must hang on link coupling.
(3) Draw-hook
broken on
Buckeye
vehicle.
One vehicle fitted
with Buckeye
Coupler and one
ordinary Screw
coupling.
LINK.
•
If sufficient hook is left on Buckeye
vehicle to support coupler-head, fix
latter in horizontal position. If there
is not sufficient hook loft to support
coupler-head, it must hang on link
coupling. Extend side buffers, place
Emergency link coupling on draw-hook
and fiat link in slot of knuckle of
Buckeye Coupler, drop coupling pin
through coupler and fiat link.
(4) Broken or One vehicle fitted SCREW. SHORTEN SIDE BUFFERS ON BUCK -
defective Screw Buckeye Coupler EYE VEHICLE, place short link of
Coupling on and one ordinary SCREW Coupling on first, then long
ordinary
vehicle.
Screw coupling, link on opposite hook, screw up as
tightly as possible.
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(H. 2657).