Looking at a pic of one of the BLS' depot shunter tours the other day I realised that in most pics I've seen, the Class 08/09s used as depot shunters for many TOCs only seem to have a standard screw coupling fitted.
With the variety of couplings used on various traction - tightlock, screwlink, knuckle, BSI, Dellner etc - in the UK, how can the depot shunter at somewhere like Neville Hill be useful for all types?
In that depot you'll have BSI & tightlock (Class 321s) for Northern, knuckle couplings for the EMT/EC Mk3/4 coaches plus whatever they use on the front end of an HST. If a TPE Class 185 had to stop there for any reason, you can add a Dellner to that list.
Do they really have to use coupling adaptors every time, or do they have multiple shunters, each with different couplings fitted? Or do they just use other matching stock to do the work?
With the variety of couplings used on various traction - tightlock, screwlink, knuckle, BSI, Dellner etc - in the UK, how can the depot shunter at somewhere like Neville Hill be useful for all types?
In that depot you'll have BSI & tightlock (Class 321s) for Northern, knuckle couplings for the EMT/EC Mk3/4 coaches plus whatever they use on the front end of an HST. If a TPE Class 185 had to stop there for any reason, you can add a Dellner to that list.
Do they really have to use coupling adaptors every time, or do they have multiple shunters, each with different couplings fitted? Or do they just use other matching stock to do the work?