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Introductory Notes
There are two coupling systems for
LGB trains:
1) Hook couplers (symmetrical
and asymetrical).
2) Knuckle couplers.
LGB rolling stock comes equiped
from the factory with asymetrical
hook couplers. Every car also
comes with an extra hook coupler
which can be installed to allow
symmetrical coupling.
Asymmetrical Couplers
LGB rolling stock produced after 1980
have a single coupler on one side that
pivots freely from side to side. The
advantage of this asymme trical coupler
arrangement is that it allows you to
easily remove a single car from the
middle of a train. Illustration 1 shows
the pieces of an asymmetrical hook
coupler.
Symmetrical Couplers
LGB rolling stock produced after 1980
can easily be fitted with a double cou-
pler system. In this way, you can create
a symmetrical coupling system.
Symmetrical coupling makes it easier
to execute complicated switching and
coupling operations. Since the cars
have hooks at both ends, they can be
coupled together no matter which
direction they are running. Also, sym-
metrical couplings are very secure,
even on unevenly-laid track.
Knuckle Couplers
The LGB knuckle coupler is available as
a replacement part. It is usually used by
American-prototype modelers to repro-
duce automatic coupling operations of
U.S. railroads while maintaining com-
patibility with the LGB program. The
moveable coupler heads on LGB
knuckle couplers allow perfect cou-
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pling, even in curves. Also, trains can
be pushed easily with LGB knuckle
couplers.
The knuckle coupler is a symmetrical
coupler, that is, a knuckle coupler must
be installed on both ends of a car. LGB
knuckle couplers are designed for sim-
ple installation on all four-axle LGB cars
produced after 1980. When knuckle
couplers are installed on two-axle cars,
the couplers may cause problems dur-
ing switching operations.
The knuckle couplers work perfectly
with LGB's electric uncoupling Track
No. 10560.
Illustration 2 shows the knuckle cou-
pler.
Coupling
No matter which LGB coupling system
is use, LGB rolling stock can be easily
coupled by lightly touching the cars to
be coupled together.
Uncoupling
Prototypical uncoupling of LGB rolling
stock can be accomplished with our
remotely-controlled electric uncoupler
No. 10560 or with LGB's constant
uncoupler No. 10520.
Remote Control Electric Uncoupler
No. 10560
You can uncouple LGB rolling stock by
bringing them to a stop via the uncou-
pling plank of LGB remote control elec-
tric uncoupler No. 10560. When a rock-
er switch is pressed on LGB's switch
control box 51750 (or the older No.
50750), the uncoupling plank is raised,
the hook part of the coupler is lowered
(or, if you have LGB's knuckle coupler,
one side is released) and your LGB cars
are uncoupled.
Uncoupling is also accomplished by
slowly moving the rolling stock you
want to uncouple down the shunting
track and over the electric uncoupler.
Illustration 3 shows the components of
the electric uncoupler:
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