@rplst8 posted: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
If you don't like them, simply cut them off. I never installed any of the Kadee magnets on our layout, so I never needed those for "magnetic uncoupling". However, they sort of look like brake pipe air hoses between cars.
- though it does allow one to couple/uncouple rolling stock.
If you install the magnets, yes.
Is it even possible to convert to Kadee's without switching to 2-rail trucks though?
Yes of course it is! Our whole layout was 3-Rail, with all locomotives and rolling stock up-graded to body mounted Kadee couplers. I even modified all the Atlas turnouts so that we could run 2-Rail Scale freight cars, without derailment issues through turnouts.
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.
Not a problem to simply cut away/remove all that "big coupler" stuff from MTH, Lionel, or Atlas trucks.
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