@BillYo414 posted:The traditional couplers that come with stock Lionel and MTH products have never bothered me because it's consistent so the appearance is forgivable.
But I came from conventional locomotives in the late 90s and early 2000s. They didn't creep like modern locomotives that I have now. I keep backing up to grab some cars...and then I pull away and I'm not coupled to the string. Do scale couplers like Kadee couple a lot easier and at slower speeds?
Absolutely YES! Having been an HO Scale modeler (from the mid 1950s through the late 1980s) I was very familiar with Kadee couplers, so when I got into 3-Rail SCALE modeling, I up-graded everything to the O Scale Kadee couplers. When properly body mounted, you can actually couple into a standing single car WITHOUT MOVING THE CAR, with Kadee couplers.
Am I going to give up command control couplers when I convert engines?
Yes, although some manufacturer's "claw couplers", i.e. "Electro-Couplers", will couple to the Kadee #805 coupler.
It seems to be more of the modern rolling stock I have with this issue. Maybe they need oiled or broke in?
Am I just doing it wrong?
