I can now fly a plane for the same reasons. All we need is one more gent to cover naval operations and we can ensure all means of transportation should the need arise.
And here's me hoping this was a video of how to couple trains *at high speed*, which sounds way more exciting. But, on a Sunday morning a well spoken, methodical 1980s safety video is just what my brain wants.
Wow! My professional background is healthcare. I so remember this type of video doing our training. I know, it is different sectors, but the attention to detail, the ability to be a thorough "professional", and to be on top of your job, shone through for me.
They're small bags of gunpowder on the rails. When they get run over they make a loud bang and signal for the train to stop. No visible explosion though.
I was picturing some crazy shit where trains couple together at high speed......so um...yeah, can't believe I watched this even as long as I did, including typing this!
Sometime in the 90's in England, 20 green high-speed train operators would have sit in a classroom and told to take notes by a senior engineer. Here, in 2016 America, I'm watching this while laying in bed, interestingly mesmerized despite this having 0 impact on my life. We are a weird species.
Put it on from the side not the front.. thanks for the suggestion RU-vid.. I'll let you know how it goes because OF COURSE I WORK ON A BLOODY RAILWAY.....
I've got 3 exams next week. I's 3 am. Why am I watching a video about train Coupling? I don't even drive a train or work for a company that has to do something with trains.
Sean Watts they do go bang but dont disable or stop the train. They are loud enough and always in triple 20metres apart so a driver will hear them and stop.
Wow, I saw the guys couple the trains last in the 90s, nowadays you can just watch the magic happen in front of you as the train arrives: grump shhh plop, finished, all coupled up.
I don't know why YT suggested this to me, but somehow after a few secs of watching I wanted to know how to emergency couple a HST to another locomotive or another HST. I can't explain why...
For all those whinging about watching the video - (1) Why sit there watching it and (2) What did you expect when the title is 'High Speed Train Emergency Coupling'?
This reminds me of working for an airline and hooking and unhooking the tow bar. I loved yanking the pin that says MUST REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT. Some of the pilots would turn the front wheels causing it to make a snap after the pin was removed which would scare the living daylights out of me. As my departing salute I would flip them off.
+Steve Allen I think this was taken in the days BEFORE HSE poked their noses into everything! What would Swarfega do if there were gloves for everyone? ;-)
The railways were some of the first to use Hi Vis... for obvious reasons. It's why railway stuff here is still orange rather than yellow: legacy became 'just the way it is'
Yeah, is why we're getting the southern rail thing now. the company is trying to say the guard/conductor is superfluous... and they're understandably pissed off.
this is why I love living in America the coupling system is so much simpler. open the knuckle, connect to the broken train, attach brake line and go. and since trains in America have air brakes if there is a problem with the brakes the train will not move. it is a faster way to get a train off the main line or out of the way of a crossing in case of emergency vehicles
teacher555555 True Except that you wont find a knuckle coupler on the front of any high speed train with a streamlined front end wether that's in Japan, France, Germany, UK or for that matter America. A knuckle coupler would look kinda shit poking out the front of an Acela or such like. They all still use a 'translator' device to couple to an assisting locomotive.
take a look at some pics of high speed trains and you will see a seem. that seem is just a cover for the knuckle. in case of a breakdown they will remove that cover just like in this video and connect to the broken down engine.
+teacher555555 That certainly is a ringing endorsement for life in America. I hope word doesn't get out about the great coupling system there or you will be inundated with visa applications.
I was expecting to read hundreds of railway engineering enthusiasts comments but RU-vid probably recommended them how to bake and sell a My Little Pony pineapple cake whilst how to right a pop song for Minecrafting for cute kittens
Why Did so many of us watch this. love it now I know how to attach a train though this knowledge its never going to be used by me, I don't have a train
True but the 8 inches I do have usually gets the job done ;) Although there was one girl that I came across who could have taken that whole damn draw bar and then some lol.She'd make your fist and forearm feel like a vienna sausage floundering in a hallway lol..........Years later I overheard her telling her pregnant friend at a restaurant how easy child birth was and I almost lost it.Later that night my wife managed to get the story out of me since she knew something was up :D
I'm liking and commenting this to further confuse RU-vid's algorithms - let them think this is something very important and interesting, better show in more users' recommended feeds.
When an approaching train or vehicle runs over the detonators, they make a big BANG which alerts the driver of whatever hit them and any workers on the track. Hitting those things gets everybody's attention in a hurry.
I work for NS for a bit and we found some in the front of an engine. We put one on the rail and hit it and it was loud like a shotgun. I also discovered during my time there that if you hit a regular flare with an engine it will have a similar effect.
I was expecting a high speed coupling of a train, not a coupling of a high speed train. Toot! Toot! WHAM!!! At 0:41, he placed three detonators in front of the train. I had such high hopes.
As a Shunter at Penzance in the late 70s - 80s, I actually had to do this at Ponsandane Yard, a bit scary really, as the Loco had to keep moving back and for to get the distance right.
Sweet.. I use the GWR train to Cardiff. I will be able to lend a hand in coupling up a tug loco.. in the event theres no conductor to assist the driver.. ;) Now remember. Short pole any loco. Long pole just for an HST loco !!
Interesting! I was actually curious about how the couplings of the class 43/125 work, since I want to get a model of one. I'm actually happy with this suggestion by RU-vid, because I can actually use it, Sure, mine would be 76 times smaller, and I could just pick it up, but where's the fun in that?
So they couldn't even afford to supply the crew with gloves to handle the grimy, greasy hardware? Even my vehicle came with a pair of cheap gloves to use when changing the tire.
i remember going on a course for this in Bristol when i was a shunter in 1992. good old British rail. when it was privatised the job changed completely
@@Thesupermachine2000 all companies were split in to individuals.. I became attached to Southwest trains.. I was no longer allowed to touch any intercity or freight train failures. Basically turned from a shunter to a cleaner..I was also trained as a firefighter..I put a few fires out.. mostly trackfires caused by rubbish and the third rail .I also put out two trains that were on fire..this responsibility was also taken from me
It feels like I'm watching one of those nature shows by that first line of dialogue from the narrator. Seriously, am I the only one who feels this way?
I only ever had to do this once and then not in a real situation , but when I was being shown how to do it at Doncaster when I was doing my HST Training.
Well now I know to do this. To bad those trains are probably outdated/scrapped, I don't live in Britain, and I don't work on the railroad. I used my time wisely I think.
Samuel Ollo They are very much in daily use, all over the Network. Have been for nearly 40 years with all now re-engined with quieter units, (also less smoky) and many different paint schemes. They're a real success story. Even one of the prototypes has recently been restored and is running again.
Yes these days they wouldn't dare imply people would have enough common sense to remove them without explicitly stating it. I long for times when people weren't so stupid or quick to sue! (last comment not aimed at you heart as I know/hope you're being sarcastic). ;)
Since Polish railway company bought this italian crap pendolino, it's quite often view in Poland ... old EU07 (Polish version of British Rail Class 83/AL3) + new "High Speed" train, look's quite funny :P
In these industrial relation disputes we have currently it is interesting to me is that the driver has duties, like making phone calls and so on BUT the person responsible for protecting the train is the guard who also becomes the mechanic and gets his hands dirty. For the unwise; detonators are explosive compression caps laid over the rail so that an approaching engine or train would be in no doubt of the hazard ahead. Now, what happens if you don't have a guard?
+Mike P Do you think we don't have auto couplers in Europe? Don't hurt your ass falling off your high horse. This video is 30 years old and is about the manual couplings, that doesn't mean we didn't have automatic couplers even back then. Sheesh...
I didn't know British trains used those bars and pins. I'm used to seeing those automatic knuckles here on US trains, where nobody has to take the risk of stepping in between the trains during coupling. I felt nervous when the guy stepped in there.
There are several types of couplers in use here, but these are not normal; they are only used in emergency to couple these High Speed Trains to an assisting locomotive or train. In normal working these trains are not coupled to anything.
Ha i think it was the constant inuendo that got me to the end of the video and of course my love of the 125. Cant see any guard doing that without gloves and would have thought that would have been advised in an instructional film.
