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Forgive me if this is a dumb question...My layout is under construction and I am still using horn hook couplers. I cna see that I will be converting most cars to Kadee or McHenries soon and I want to add uncoupling magnets before I ballast. What type is recommended - permanent or electric? Any make/model recommendations? And where exactly do they go? Right after the switch for a spur/siding where you will want to leave/pickup cars? Or a boxcar or two distance from the dead end of the spur? How do you pick up cars at the same location...do the couplers stay coupled if you just pull the cars over the magnet? Do you have to stop and give it some slack to uncouple over the magnet? Please help a pathetic newbie. Tom
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