What does close-coupled mean?
Close-coupled means Attached, coupled or fixed close together..
Close-coupled
/kləʊsˈkʌpəld/ · adjective
Meaning
Attached, coupled or fixed close together..
Example Sentences
Great Northern Railway outer-suburban passenger train of close-coupled four-wheel coaches, hauled by Ivatt 4-4-2 tank locomotive painted grey with white lettering in 1915, as a wartime measure
Actually, as built, these were the motive power ends of two passenger railcars, each being close-coupled to a driving trailer which had only one axle at the locomotive end and a bogie at the other.
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Great Northern Railway outer-suburban passenger train of close-coupled four-wheel coaches, hauled by Ivatt 4-4-2 tank locomotive painted grey with white lettering in 1915, as a wartime measure
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