Mittelpufferkupplung

Member Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 33

Hey all

Been reading my DB Fahrzeug and DB Wagen books that I got on holiday and this word has got me shtoomped. I can't find it in my dictionary and by a cruel twist of fate the translator I have been using to help me no longer works on my trusty phone. Can some one tell me what the translation of it is please. Any and all help much apprieciated.

Miller
p.s sorry for the 218 nickname mistake

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:52 am

Mittelpufferkupplung:

Mittel=centre
puffer=buffer
kupplung=coupler

It's the centre buffer couplings usually found on German and other narrow gauge lines.

Jurgen

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:56 am

Miller Watson wrote:

p.s sorry for the 218 nickname mistake

Don't be sorry. Thanks to you the 218 now has a new nickname. Wink

That's how such names get started.

Member Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 33

Cheers Jurgen, why didn't I figure that one out. Perhaps its down to my propensity for partaking in my other Germany related hobby of beer drinking ;-). And cheers to Alan, haven't heard of a nickname for the V100 series so perhaps I will get to work on that lol.

Miller

Member Joined: 02 Jun 2009 Posts: 13

Hi

The British fans in the Frankfurt area (1970's & 80's) called V100's "coathangers".

Good name considering the shape.

Mike

Member Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 33

Hi Mike

Yeah the DR V100 (Class 110 the 204 under DB) were called "Coathangers" due to that point at the front of their bonnets. I was meaning the DB V100 or what would become 211, 212 and 213. Perhaps "Der Deutschen Claytons" would be an apt name owing to their similar appearance to BR Class 17 locos ;-).

Miller

Member Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 76 Location: Leeds, UK

If you search the WWW for "Spitznamen" and "Eisenbahn", you will find various lists of nicknames for German locomotives. They include some nicknames for the V 100 such as "Petroleum-P8". But we are getting off-topic here.

Note that there are several types of centre couplers in use in Europe, such as the Scharfenberg type (widely used, mainly for passenger DMU/EMU) and some types derived from the Willison coupler, intended for freight trains, but the latter are not widely in use despite most satisfactory trials. The "screw-link" couplers are still standard.

JMH