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railway coupler

mechanism for connecting single vehicles (rolling stock) in a train
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railway coupler

Summary

railway coupler ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,253 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • railway coupler is a type of connector[2].
  • railway coupler is a type of appliance[3].
  • railway coupler is part of rolling stock[4].
  • railway coupler is used for train[5].
  • railway coupler is used for shunting[6].
  • railway coupler's Commons category is recorded as Coupling systems of rail vehicles[7].
  • railway coupler's said to be the same as is recorded as Q131575595[8].
  • railway coupler's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Railway couplers[9].
  • railway coupler's Commons gallery is recorded as Railway coupler[10].
  • railway coupler's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include connector[2] and appliance[3].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include train[5] and shunting[6]. railway coupler is part of rolling stock[4].

Why It Matters

railway coupler ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,253 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q131575595
    Part of → —
    Part of → rolling stock
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283341205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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