[steam-driven boy]

Hi all,

I'm coming up to the point where I'll have to sort this out for my layout also.
I've just had the new 'Red Death'* by email and there's an interesting item on modifying Rapido couplings with track pins and using a powerful magnet which is raised and lowered when you have your wagon positioned to be uncoupled (there was an article in the September 2008 Railway Modeller covering the installation of a moving magnet system, the author of that had bought in his couplings). It won't, of course, allow you to propel the uncoupled wagon as some of the more specialised alternatives do, but you don't have to buy and then try to assemble and fit those types of replacement couplings, you pays your money...

* 'Red Death' is another benefit of being a member of the N Gauge Society. It's the NGS Modern Area Group Newsletter, as a member of the society you can sign-up online here:
http://www.ngauge-modern.co.uk/page.php?3
(it's FREE then, my favourite price

) and you receive the latest copy to your email address

I hope this may be of some interest to those wrestling with this ever problematic topic.

Regards.

 

[steam-driven boy]

Hi all,
Just noticed this announcement on the Bachmann website:

"New N Scale Couplings
Graham Farish are pleased to announce that after considerable development a new working buckeye coupling will be available for use with US and UK N Scale models. The magnetically operated coupling allows prototypical operation when uncoupling e.g. shunting rolling stock and is another first for the UK market. The coupling will be available as part of next year's range of new items when Graham Farish celebrate 40 years of manufacturing in N Scale."

There's an image also, at first viewing it looks a touch chunkier than the couplings on my US outline stock but if it offers the remote functions and fits modern British models...

Regards, Gerry.