Reverting back to hook & horn couplers?

[RobertInOntario]

Thanks for this feedback. I'll continue to work away at this!

Some or most of the couplers are Kadees but a few are generic ones that came with these Athearn coaches. I think I was advised once (a few years ago, on this forum even!) to go with #219 Kadees. The 219 Kadees are taller, i.e. the knuckle part is higher and these are generally used for modern tank cars. It might not be 100% prototypical to use them on other coaches and freight cars, but this should reduce uncoupling, especially if some of the couplers are at slightly different heights and if there are some uneven areas of track. At least this is the advice that I vaguely recall from a few years ago!

So one of my solutions will be to replace the generic ones with Kadees.

If this is correct, I might try to use the 219's more often then.

Often, the coaches will work fine when placed in a different order. It seems that certain couplers "don't like" other couplers and I'm trying to patiently trouble shoot this.

I also have hook/horn couplers on several other coaches and they work fine -- they stay nicely coupled on the tight curves, hence my reasons for reverting back to those.

Thanks again for your feedback ... I"ll try to patiently continue to experiment with this!

Rob