page_title: Railway coupling
section_title: Henricot Coupler
hierarchical_section_title: Railway coupling / Automatic Couplers / Buckeye /Janney /MCB /ARA /AAR /APTA Couplers / Henricot Coupler
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Attelage semi-automatique Henricot sur une automotrice classique de la SNCB. Nederlands: Henricot-koppeling op een Klassiek motorstel van de NMBS. English: Henricot coupler on a EMU of the SNCB/NMBS.
context_page_description: A coupling is a mechanism used to connect rolling stock in a train. The design of the coupler is standard, and is almost as important as the track gauge, since flexibility and convenience are maximised if all rolling stock can be coupled together.
  The equipment that connects the couplings to the rolling stock is known as the draft gear or draw gear.
context_section_description: The Henricot coupler is a variation on the Janney coupler, introduced by Belgian engineer and entrepreneur Émile Henricot of Court-Saint-Étienne. It is used on certain EMUs of the National Railway Company of Belgium, including the Class 75 (fr:Automotrice AM75).
caption: Henricot coupler on a Belgian EMU
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