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Thinking about under-track or under-table type uncouplers?.....lots of preplanning....lots of fiddling, hinges, wires, plates, magnets, alignment issues..... maybe digging out ballasted sections of laid track.  Don't bother. Thanks to forum member larak and others [post <a href="/mrr/f/88/t/97090.aspx">http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/97090.aspx</a> ] I learned that the little barrel 1/8" x 3/8" rare earth neodymium magnets are far easier to install, less expensive, and very functional than systems considered in layout construction........ and compared to other retrofit systems with plate magnets or plates to insert under roadbed a few neodymium magnets are superior and simpler.  So I certainly can't take credit for the idea, but I give it my vote. I guess that makes me a bit of an opinionated little so-and-so.<a href="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/tweety_zpsf73f96b1.jpg"><img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/tweety_zpsf73f96b1.jpg" alt=" " style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" border="0" /></a> Well, that may be.  But here is another bit of video from my layout showing the uncoupler sections in action.  No editing of the train actions was done.  The slight back and forth movement typical of the magnetic uncoupling is evident but also imperceptible in some scenes.  The loco lights show it though. In all I placed 224 magnets on the layout in 28 uncoupling spots.  They were so easy to create that I placed them just about anywhere desired (though not on mainlines).  That kind of freedom of installation would just not be possible with any other system.  And I have not been disappointed in the remote switching / spotting actions now.....especially with using the JMRI Ops mode to run trains with schedules to yards and spurs in all corners of the layout. The video shows a bit more of my completed townsite too.  [But the quality is a bit rough....some sound clipping and zoom lagging.  My conversion software is to blame.]  Loco sounds are from my mu'd sound system described in video elsewhere. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf5RiX4SNS0&amp;feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf5RiX4SNS0&feature=youtu.be</a>
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