AIM CAMBRIDGE 30-1008KUL MOD COUPLER, KEYED, JACK, 8 POSITION (100 pieces)
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the standard railroad car coupler used in the United States is a familiar sight the couplers used today did not become common equipment on most trains and railroad cars into the early 1900's earlier railroads relied on the lincoln pin couplers such as these with railroad workers manually connecting the pieces at considerable risk to their safety the lincoln pin was dangerously simple a worker slipped the link into a carriage and secured it with one pin then he would try to quickly insert the other side of the link into a holder on the other car as the cars moved slowly toward one another and secured the other side with a second pin there was not much clearance or time for a worker to complete this task and cars could jerk suddenly and unpredictably link-and-pin coupler had few advantages and several drawbacks their biggest advantage was their low cost they could be produced by the thous
