02-05-2014, 05:31 PM
Rscott417 Wrote:....
That's pretty disappointing, why would they sell products that won't work with each other. I'd be pissed if I had to add that styrene bar in place of couplers. You're definitely taking it better than I would have.
The engines are currently not coupled. The brass wire and the long Kadee couplers are removed too. Both engines have standard Kadee coupler at each end. I coupled them long hood to long hood just for curiosity well knowing that would fail at my tight curves.
The handrails touch each other on standard Atlas #6 switches. The noise is very unhealthy. The engines to not derail but the handrails are stressed on each #6 switch.
Looks like Atlas made a big mistake. Atlas #6 switches are a very wide used standard configuration that should be mastered by all standard diesel engines.
I do fully agree with your statement after testing with standard Kadee on Atlas #6 switches :oops:
Reinhard