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I am just getting back into model railroading. When I left the scene over a decade ago, Kadee couplers were the top of the line in realistic couplers in terms of look, feel, and operation. I went to the hobby shop today and see there are many different kinds of realistic looking couplers including the Kadee couplers (which now it looks like they make 30 different kinds! to me, the only difference seems to be in the shank variations). Atlas engines and some rolling stock comes with it's own version of the realistic looking coupler called "AccuMate". I assume one needs to settle on a coupler standard for his or her empire so all engines and rolling stock are compatible with each other. What is the standard these days? What is most popular? Why is one better than the other? Kadee looks expensive but in terms of realism, it looks the best to me. I'm just wondering if someone can tell me what most people settle on for their layous? I'm also wondering if you can mix and match couplers from different vendors? ie. Are Kadee couplers 100% compatible with Atlas AccuMate couplers? Thank you in advance, Jason in Bloomington, MN ps. I just got back from visiting the San Diego model railroad museum yesterday in Balboa Park and it was spectacular! It is soley responsible for getting my interest back in model railroading. Hopefully I can make a better effort at it this time. At last stab, I was just a kid, now I'm an adult and a lot has changed. I'm real interested in what I'm reading so far on this DCC stuff and running multiple engines on one line. I've got some money to spend now but I must set my limits because I can see it will be very easy to go overboard. I went to the hobby shop today, spent 3 hours there. Bought 2 engines, a few cars, track, connectors, a middle of the road power supply, and a few remote switches. I won't say how much that added up to :/
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