IRM Couplers - Which Suits Which?

[DJ Dangerous]

IRM have two couplings listed under their acccessories, Instanter Couplings and Screw Link Couplings.

Which type of coupling is for which loco, coach or wagon?

Has anybody here fitted these, for aesthetic or actual use?

[NIR]

The instanter looks like a long reach coupling I've seen on wagons with long Oleo buffers, the hook being held by a collar not a mounting plate.

The screw link coupling has no mounting so looks fairly generic for locomotives, railcars and coaches.

Would be good to hear what they actually are though.

Edited October 20, 2020 by NIR

[Mayner]

Screw couplings were generally fitted to locos and passenger coaching stock, Instanter Couplings to wagons including the majority of wagons introduced by CIE since the 1960s but were sometimes fitted to some older wagons including corrugated opens, H Vans and ex GNR bagged cement wagons.

The center link of the instanter can be turned to reduce the coupling slack between wagons so that they can run at speed  in a similar manner to a screw link coupler

There is a U-tube video of a Shunter (human) adjusting the slack on instanter couplers on an IWT liner so the train can run round the curves into the Alexandra Basin container terminal

http://www.igg.org.uk/rail/4-rstock/04arstock2b.htm

 

[DJ Dangerous]

The couplers seem to be out of stock on the IRM website for quite a while, but in stock on the Accurascale website.

Will they be coming back to the IRM website?

[BosKonay]

30 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

The couplers seem to be out of stock on the IRM website for quite a while, but in stock on the Accurascale website.

Will they be coming back to the IRM website?

Which couplers are you looking for DJ?

[DJ Dangerous]

3 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

Which couplers are you looking for DJ?

Some screw links to attach to the fronts of the locos.

[Sean]

If you just want one for decoration then check out the loco accessory pack, most of them seem to include at least one , get little resealable bags before you open it though or you WILL lose all the little bits that you dont use. ask me how i know.

[BosKonay]

https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/couplers

[DJ Dangerous]

5 hours ago, BosKonay said:

https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/couplers

Thank you!!!