11-22-2010, 07:57 AM
In 2006 i changed over from German to US prototype. In European modelrailroding there is a really mixed, horrible tasting salad of incompatible couplers. Nearly every manufacturer has his own design. The only common thing is the "Normschacht", a device comparable to an utilized coupler box.
For my US modelrailroading i decided to take the best avialable type of coupler from the beginning on.
This was the Kadee #58 and her derivates, as the #78 and the whisker types.
Very closely in size to the prototype and as i heard in US mrr circles, reliable and durable operating.
So every piece of rolling stock was equipped with a Kadee scale coupler.
Plastic wheels on cars were also replaced by metal ones.
For this, no problems, i have fun with model railroading.
Greetings Lutz
For my US modelrailroading i decided to take the best avialable type of coupler from the beginning on.
This was the Kadee #58 and her derivates, as the #78 and the whisker types.
Very closely in size to the prototype and as i heard in US mrr circles, reliable and durable operating.
So every piece of rolling stock was equipped with a Kadee scale coupler.
Plastic wheels on cars were also replaced by metal ones.
For this, no problems, i have fun with model railroading.
Greetings Lutz