Connecting trains!

[JR 500系]

Wow! I was browsing through youtube until i came upon this:

Didn't realise that it's FULLY automatic! Now how cool is that? What's interesting is the back train reverses! I thought the front train should just go forward?

Here's another, for the super Asusa:

 

Series 287:

What's interesting about these is the ability for the diaphragm to automatically extend to the other car, and retract when required!

Of course then there are the normal connections without the diaphragms, like the Super Hitachi:

E233 Series:

And the Special combination in Hokkaido for the Series 731 EMU and Kiha-201 DMU:

Manual connection...

Of course then there are my favourite shinkansens connections:

E2 Hayate + E3 Komachi

E4 Max Yamabiko + E3 Tsubasa

And the latest E5 Hayabusa + E6 super Komachi

Sweet! I'll be sure to stand by with my camera on my next trip to Japan. Gotta get me one of these connection videos! Edited April 11, 2013 by JR500 のぞみ

[NuclearErick]

 

Sunrise SETO and Sunrise Izumo coupling at Okayama Station

[ToniBabelony]

Strange things going on in my post...

 

 

 

And some fail on behalf of Tōkyū:

 

[bronzeonion]

Strange things going on in my post...

 

 

 

And some fail on behalf of Tōkyū:

 

 

The third one always makes me laugh!

[JR 500系]

Yes that was an epic failure... I remember watching this video somewhere back on the forum... Anyway, the guys were really strong and brave to try and attempt to stop the rolling train~... Luckily, the train didnt roll very far. If the grade was even steeper, it would be disasterous...

[ToniBabelony]

Yes that was an epic failure... I remember watching this video somewhere back on the forum... Anyway, the guys were really strong and brave to try and attempt to stop the rolling train~... Luckily, the train didnt roll very far. If the grade was even steeper, it would be disasterous...

 

Yep, the train would then roll straight into the JR East Yokohama line, blocking services to Yokohama.

[Densha]

Shouldn't there usually be a guy in the train for the handbrake? I thought this was why it was eventually stopped.

[miyakoji]

that thread is here http://www.jnsforum.com/community/topic/6475-hookup-failure-train-rolls-some-distance . Jace and Westfalen wrote about the series of events.

[JR 500系]

Following on with the topic of connecting/ coupling train videos, I found this:
 

 
Although it was about female drivers, I actually never knew a 313 connects with a 211! Edited January 5, 2015 by JR500 のぞみ

[JR 500系]

Just dropping this here:

 

 

This was really interesting for the fact that we could clearly see how the driver controls the connecting speed...

 

This video is also very interesting, a front view of the Shiokaze connecting to the Ishituchi:

 

Edited December 8, 2015 by JR 500系

[Robert46]

Thanks for the nice post... I ever saw the JR experiment test for connecting double new E7 series, just like double E4 series coupled trains...  hope they will make it in the future...