Reply to "Metal vs. Plastic Gearboxes for Kadees"

I use metal where possible, as mentioned above.  I do like the plastic gearboxes in places where I need to cutoff the rear portion of the gearbox for clearance, such as with a lot of MTH locomotives unless you want to cutoff the loop on the truck block instead?   Just easier for me to use clippers on plastic gearbox vs dremel with cutoff wheel on metal gearbox.  As noted, I've never had a failure of a plastic gearbox or plastic Kadee coupler, so it's really your personal choice.