06-25-2011, 07:43 PM
Bachmann managed to mess up the NEM standard coupling on their British stock. This is used by Kadees 17-20; the coupler just pulls out and the new one pushes in. There are a number of European couplings using this system.
But B'mann managed to get the pockets at 3 different heights on the British stock and make couplings with cranks in them (flat and 2 offsets) to accommodate them. But no-one else makes cranked NEM shanks. So the easy interchange function is totally frustrated. (There was some argument that there was no standard height because the cars were OO scale.)
(Who was the computer guy who said "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them."?)
But B'mann managed to get the pockets at 3 different heights on the British stock and make couplings with cranks in them (flat and 2 offsets) to accommodate them. But no-one else makes cranked NEM shanks. So the easy interchange function is totally frustrated. (There was some argument that there was no standard height because the cars were OO scale.)
(Who was the computer guy who said "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them."?)
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.