Doing layout planning and have it pretty much laid out as I want. So, the next question is, where do I put uncouplers? Is there some basic guidelines or best practices for placing them? I use the traditional 3-rail couplers that just about everything comes with. I do have some PS1 locomotives that can uncouple remotely from the transformer, but that's only on one end of the locomotive. And this doesn't help if I want to break a train in half. I did make a small under bed layout and put the uncouplers before the switches, but it seems that it spaces just right to hit the pickup rollers on the dead spot on both the switch and uncoupler so my locomotives would die at that spot.
And speaking of locomotives dieing on uncouplers, are there any "under the table" or hidden options that aren't Kadee? I know electromagnets can be strong enough to go through the table/track and roadbed, but is it not done because it could also hurt the electronics in the locomotives? Has anyone tried modding a standard uncoupler to fit under FasTrack (which is what I'll use on my layout.)?
