RailPictures.Net Photo: Unknown Wabash Couplers at Monticello, Illinois by Mike Wnek

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» Monticello Railroad Museum
» Monticello, Illinois, USA (more..)
» September 21, 2008

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Originally invented by Eli H. Janney in 1873, the knuckle coupler would later be a required application on U.S. railroads as of 1893. It has stood the test of time, and the basic concept lives on today, holding monstrous trains together.

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