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magnetically operated couplers?
magnetically operated couplers?
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Jetrock
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August 2003
From: Midtown Sacramento
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Posted by
Jetrock
on Friday, August 19, 2005 9:44 AM
All "magnetically operated coupler" means is that the coupler has a curved metal pin which can be separated by a between-the-tracks magnet or electromagnet. Most good knuckle couplers (such as Kadees) have such a pin, the cheaper ones do not.
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SpaceMouse
Member since
December 2004
From: Rimrock, Arizona
11,251 posts
Posted by
SpaceMouse
on Friday, August 19, 2005 9:38 AM
Sounds like new-to-them old-hat.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
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Nieuweboer
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April 2001
From: Netherlands
226 posts
magnetically operated couplers?
Posted by
Nieuweboer
on Friday, August 19, 2005 9:35 AM
Athearns announces a new run of F7's in its RTR series. It's specifically mentioned that these units will have magnetically operated couplers. Now what does that mean? It must mean something other than Kadee or one of the others newer knuckle couplers because these are old hat (not meant in a negative sense because I love 'm). Has Athearrn developped a new kind of
coupler or is it just a sales slogan?
Who knows the answer?
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