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* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=89774&hilit=gladhand "Gladhands", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | * [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=89774&hilit=gladhand "Gladhands", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | ||
* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=99133&p=309170&hilit=gladhand#p309170 "A standard for brake connections", <i>Chaski.org,</i>] | * [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=99133&p=309170&hilit=gladhand#p309170 "A standard for brake connections", <i>Chaski.org,</i>] | ||
* [http://www.nyab.com/media/nyab_1/brochures/airhose/NYAB_Hose_Pocket_Guide_01-09-14.pdf "Air Hose and Assemblies Pocket Guide" (PDF), <i>New York Air Brake</i>] | |||
Revision as of 14:12, 2 September 2015
A gladhand connector or gladhand coupler is an interlocking hose coupling fitted to hoses supplying pressurized air from a locomotive to railway air brakes on railroad cars. Mating rubber grommets provide a positive seal. Gladhand couplers are genderless or hermaphroditic, allowing them to be freely connected to each other, for example allowing either end of a railcar to be connected to the end of a train.
Gladhands connected between two rail cars.
A prototype gladhand. Photo by Dave Sclavi.
Another full-size gladhand. Each square in the image is 1/2 inch. Photo by Dave Sclavi.
