Coupling System News Today

Why is there government inspection of that privately produced product? this is a link-and-pin coupling system. this used to be the industry standard for how you linked railway cars together, and for whatever reason, this is what railroad companies liked. this is what they built for their cars. even though brakemen frequently got their fingers or hands ripped off, the companied liked it. this is what they used. this is what they had been using for decades. why change? it would be expensive to hav...