How to rescue a High Speed Train! 

Is it you??

@@D.music85 That's me writing the comment, and Gordon Johnston is the driver.

Did you get his autograph?

No.

I just did this mission very realistic

lol same

@Stephenson’s Rocket what steps did you take?

@Stephenson’s Rocket parking brake in the hst cab

@Stephenson’s Rocket HST===============HST-66 go to HST close to 66 then go to the drivers seat then find the parking brake then if you find the button with a cap that says parking brake hold that then it will turn the parking brakes off

In case you are blind, we can see here that they've modernised the emergency coupling equipment, probably for the worst.

Alright alright you don’t have to be rude, he’s just being informative.

Dow many different draw bars did a hst have for emergency coupling thought they carried 2 different draw bars

@@steamfandan9682 Yes they did. One for assistance from locomotives, and another for assisting by another HST.

You only pull the second pin out if your using a 08 Gronk.

Not necessarily the best publicity for virgin/ Stagecoach's first week on the east coast mainline, but the HST is an icon, nearly 40 years on. Long may it stay on our railways.

Thanks! :D

+Andrew Wilson it was just a practice run so they can teach how to do it

+Andrew Wilson well if u count the fact that class 37s have been around longer and that only grand central will be the only company that is supposed to run class 43s but still I like class 43s better than the class 800/801s

You're welcome :)

Thank you! :D

cosgrove notts it would take an American driver, because all of our trains use knuckles instead of outdated hooks, bars and chains.

It's maybe outdated, but it's safer.

Fire Bunny just because something is newer doesnt mean its better...

No, it would not. This coupling has been banned more than a century ago. If anybody tried this in the USA, they would be fired on spot.

@@kofola9145 can't you take a damn joke?

those 8 HSTs fitted with standard drawhooks and buffers was done as part of a modification so they could be used as surrogate DVTs due to late delivery of mk4 sets, there was never any intention to fit the entire fleet like that, also the HSTs do carry a longer coupling bar to allow 2 HSTs to be coupled together

Martindyna hitting birds at 125mph maybe lol

You're probably right LOL

Because its not a failed HST

Sylvia Else An adjustable drawbar would likely be considerably heavier to man-handle into that gap. It would also be difficult to close the adjustable section tight without moving the assisting train, too much slack would not be good practice.

Sylvia Else The drawgear that the drawbar attaches to can be let out a bit for coupling so the drawbar itself dosn't need it.

+peebee143 not needed. The link where the drawbar is placed into the HST, is extendable by 12 inches. Once you have the two locomotives coupled together, the 'flexible' gap is closed, and locked by a very thick king pin.

And dont forget to replace the Detent Pin.

@@duncanbhaltaireanraigwilso9627 Lol. I’ve watched that video too many times.

Nice to see you using the word “ Buckeye “ everyone calls them knuckles today.

​@@exb.r.buckeyeman845 we use them on GM locos here in Ireland to I used to work on the railway and that's the term that is used both in Ireland and the United Kingdom

@@irishsixtysixfanGbrf66739 Thanks for replying.

@@exb.r.buckeyeman845 no bother

Yeah, it was just practice really, there was nothing wrong with the HST :)

It was a training exercise :)

Check out high speed train emergency coupling from BR days and explains bettet

***** The LNER was fitting knuckle couplers to its passenger carriages back in the 1930s.

Bird strikes

It's still the case that any air-braked loco can assist. The power cars now carry three drawbars.

The passenger cars all have knuckle couplers on this type of train. I believe they can be swivelled down to reveal a more traditional hook and link setup, for when being moved in a yard by a different type of locomotive.

+smiffy1071 Actually HST Mk3 trailers have fixed buckeye couplers, loco hauled Mk3a's have the drophead buckeyes. HST trailers usually require translator vehicles to loco haul them or a loco or shunter with a drophead or fixed buckeye coupler.

@@Redmanb11 To be exact the coupler use for the intercar connections of a HST is called the Alliance Coupler. It's basically an AAR Type E coupler mounted on fixed drawgear. It's the same coupler used on freight cars in the USA. However, it is fully conpatible with standard Type E, Drophead Type E's, and Type F Tightlock Couplers. So, a HST powercar (gangway end) can couple directly to a 67, or even a 91. In fact the MML electricication test train uses two HST powercars to T+T two Class 91's and a rake of Mk3's by directly coupling to the Drophead of the 91. They do however need a translator vehicle when coupling to an item of rolling stock with only Screwlink Couplers.

Peter Murfitt it’s not the station pilot it’s the “Thunderbird” rescue locomotive for part of the East Coast Main Line.

+mureseanu976 It's for emergency use only.

My thinking exactly. Is a little over complicated just to tow the train. I get this really is only for emergency, but even the worker seem a bit confused.

HSTs have 2 power cars, so total failures are rare. Newer trains have automatic couplers.

Ikr😂

this is what i call a tried to rescue a train (runaway) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PR4OMTGAlbE.html

Because we have so old trains so the brown is a more modern one than the left so has easier coupling

Railwork F4nTaZ I think Virgin use Dellner(?) coupling devices on their Pendolino trains and the coupling device on their rescue trains were adapted to suit.

All irish Trains 15 Or so Different makes all can Adapt to each other even Alstom LHB Tokyu Car which are Darts Dublin area Rapid Transit and they can be towed by either Railcars or Locos.

BSI, Dellner, Tightlock, Scharfenberg etc are used in the whole of Britain, not just "England"... many long distance services run cross-border between Scotland and England, and England and Wales. Before privatisation in the late 90s, the nationalised company was called BRITISH Rail, not "English" Rail... Northern Ireland, the fourth country that is still in the UK but not Britain, has a completely separate railway network.

You've also got to take into account if the electrical block/connector is at the top or the bottom of the mechanical coupler

The hst is

125 mph