11-03-2010, 01:49 PM
Russ Bellinis Wrote:Reinhard, the Kadee magnets work well mounted into the roadbed under the ties and covered with ballast. When mounted that way, it doesn't make any difference whether you have the ones for code 83 or code 100. They also look better when mounted out of site, just don't mount the permanent magnets where you don't want nuisance uncoupling.
Russ, do you mean I should take the magnet supposed to be mounted on top of the ties (code 83 or code 100) and mount them under the ties? I did test it but it did not work. Those magnets require only a very tiny gap between magnet and coupling pin of the coupler.
Kadee offers another stronger magnet to be mounted under the track. I should think about that one not to have the ugly magnet between the rails.
At this time it looks like all magnets will be in areas of street running track. I will try to put the magnets on top of the ties but integrate them into the street to hide them.
Reinhard