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I posted about making my American Models more Flyer friendly and here try to add a short video.

I figured out on my phone how to do some editing so I am adding a link to the video I wanted to post in the first place showing TMCC/Legacy with American Flyer and American Models trains working on the same layout.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfZMzp3PKso

Thanks for looking

Ray





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@richabr posted:

Slow & Smooth!



Rich

Rich,

Yeah, you know I like running the trains slow, when we had the layout tour after S Fest folks commented that they liked to see the trains run slow. We had two passenger trains running on the outside loop, basically an oval and two relatively long freights running on the inside loop, a dogbone which is layed over itself, so slow running was important.

Ray

I have deleted my previous post, hope that this will be better, jeepers I wish I knew more about computers.

I have eliminated a topic that should have been here in the first place and move that post here.

As has been mentioned on the forum previously I have a layout that uses original AF track. The IMRR North Prairie division has a good amount of motive power, including post war Flyer, Flyonel, both conventional and TMCC/Legacy plus some American Models and S Helper. I had found in trying to run the A.M. consists through the Flyer switches on my cross-overs was a problem. These locomotives whether coupled with the dummy couplers or the Kadee couplers couldn't negotiate the cross-overs, and this is unacceptable. I found the solution to be quite simple, just go back and look at what Mr. Gilbert did with the first PA/PB combinations, the simple drawbar. My solution uses a 2-56x3/16" round head screw in the A unit going through a piece plastic or fiber cut to size mimicking the spacing of f the Kadee couplers. On B I used a longer 2-56 screw and cut off the head, making it a pin on one end and doing on the other end as l did on the A-unit. The trailing A-unit received the longer screw with the head removed. By using the pin on one end of each unit made for easier assembly and disassembly of the consist. I found also by narrowing the arm of the dummy coupler on the trailing A-unit all the derailing of the following car was eliminated.

Ray

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@Francine posted:

Hi Ray,

Just wondering, as the train sound stopped before the end of the video.

I did stop the Challenger, kind of tough to watch trains and handle the phone camera all at one time. I had to back up the FAs as they went beyond the entry point of the reverse loop. You are on to top of things Francine, I need to pay more attention to my editing on this forum. Thank you for making me a little sharper.

Ray

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