Reply to "Remote Control Kadees"

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@Hot Water posted:

Since Kadee couplers work so well anyway, modelers that have up-graded all their equipment to the various Kadee series are of the opinion that any large "blintzy looking" electrically operated "Scale" coupler is not needed, thus their really isn't much of a market for such a thing.

I'm not likely to switch from 3-rail to 2-rail since I've just invested quite a bit of money in Ross track and switches, but if there were remote control scale couplers (for locomotives) - I would probably convert my fleet. That said - I don't like the look of the little tail that hangs off of the Kadee couplers that allow for magnetic uncoupling - though it does allow one to couple/uncouple rolling stock.

Is it even possible to convert to Kadee's without switching to 2-rail trucks though? The Weaver style trucks can have the coupler shank removed, but I don't think MTH or Lionel couplers work that way - at least not all of them do.

4/9/219:48 AM

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