11-12-2010, 05:28 PM
In the new north yard hidden behind tables resulting in limited access Kadee uncouplers have been installed the first time. They work fine and I had to learn that not all couplers have been installed and adjusted as carefully as it should be. That has been corrected and switching without "the big hand" works fine now.
One track is sometimes used as a through track when I sit in my chair and watch a train running around. That track has two uncouplers needed when switching. Some cars have a tendency to uncouple when the train passes over the uncoupler with constant speed. A train of five cars will have one false uncoupling in about five rounds. That is an error rate of 1 in 25 or 4%.
I did not understand what kind of adjustment should be checked in that case. What is out of alignment when a coupler uncouples when run over the magnet at constant speed?
One track is sometimes used as a through track when I sit in my chair and watch a train running around. That track has two uncouplers needed when switching. Some cars have a tendency to uncouple when the train passes over the uncoupler with constant speed. A train of five cars will have one false uncoupling in about five rounds. That is an error rate of 1 in 25 or 4%.
I did not understand what kind of adjustment should be checked in that case. What is out of alignment when a coupler uncouples when run over the magnet at constant speed?
Reinhard