04-11-2011, 07:55 PM
Carl:
Kadees are pretty well totally compatible at the operating end, except fo some odd "scale" or "old-timey" ones. The difference at the other end is because there's never been a standard mount -- even bare floors came at different heights.
#5s and ones with similar shanks will mount in Athearn boxes and copies, but some boxes are not exact, so they made variations.
(When I started they only made 5 variants and even the Athearn one was brand new.)
Kadees are pretty well totally compatible at the operating end, except fo some odd "scale" or "old-timey" ones. The difference at the other end is because there's never been a standard mount -- even bare floors came at different heights.
#5s and ones with similar shanks will mount in Athearn boxes and copies, but some boxes are not exact, so they made variations.
(When I started they only made 5 variants and even the Athearn one was brand new.)
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.