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Kadee makes a coupler with non-conductive material for mounting on metal engine frames. Some locomotives use the frame to carry electricity to the motor. If you have a metal coupler mounted to this metal frame and the trip pin were to drag across a turnout rail, it could short out. Also, two locos coupled together with metal couplers could short if each one's frame was a different polarity.
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