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<p>EDIT: Thanks to all those who responded.....and all definitely came down on the side of knuckle couplers. I guess I will change over....but it will take a while. (I meant, of course that I have horn and hook couplers....I have only a few that might be hook and loop on some Jouef cars, and these mate nicely with the horn and hook couplers).</p><p>But in the meantime, while I am still using the old items, no one responded with information about an uncoupling system for the horn and hook. As I indicated, I am a beginnner...or at least, when I last had a layout as a kid in the '60s I used toothpicks to uncouple the cars. As Peggy Lee would say, "Is that all there is?" </p><p> </p><p>ORIGINAL POSST:95% of the rolling stock I have collected for my new layout is new/good quality, but have the hook and loop couplers which seem an anathema to purists. I do see the point, and like the look of the various knuckle couplers on the other 5 %.</p><p>However, being a beginner I am not sure if I want to try to replace all the hook and loop items, or if it is even possible.</p><p>What would tip the scale in favour of leaving well enough alone, is if there is a good system for automatic uncoupling of the hook and loop couplers???? I am still in the planning stages of the layout, so I am trying to determine if there is anything the equivalent of the Kadee magnetic uncoupler for the hook and loop. I am assuming that there is nothing to produce the delayed effect and spotting ability that I have read about for the kadee system?</p><p>Perhaps, as one forum member suggested to another, I should just use a combination car with kadee on one end and hook and loop on the other. But since my layout emphasizes yard and siding situations, I would need several of these cars always attached to any string I wanted to park.</p><p>Does this sound best? </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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