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[quote user="SeeYou190"]Hmmm... I gues I was not clear.[/quote] You were very clear. [quote user="SeeYou190"]NMRA standards/RPs, except for weight, mean nothing to me. Kadee is the standard for trucks and couplers, my demands dictate everything else.[/quote] "NMRA standards/RPs, except for weight mean nothing to me"....Except. Those trucks, wheels and track all follow NMRA standards.  Those standards are what allow your track and wheels to be compatable.  If not for the NMRA standards, you would have to handlay all of your track to work with your Kadee wheels (they dont make track).  You are in fact using RP-25 profile wheels.  You may exclusively use Kadee products, but those products fall within the NMRA standards.  Note that the X2f coupler is not required to obtain a conformance warrant. Yes you have standardized on a brand (which is more stringent than the NMRA standard), but the items in said brand meet NMRA standards.   I guess what myself and others are trying to point out is that you do care about NMRA standards and RPs, even if you dont realize it. [quote user="SeeYou190"]I am sure you have personal standards for your fleets too.[/quote] Everyone should.  I use intermountain wheels, with some Kadees thrown in.  Ive noticed that my Kadee wheels all have a bright wear mark where the wheels ride on the rail.  I plan to put these under a microscope to see if the tread profile is changing (because Im curious like that).  For the most part I dont replace the physical truck unless there is something wrong with it.  I typically dont use sprung trucks because the springs look too flimsy to my eye.  And I have had the springs pop out of the frame before due to shock (during transport, not operation).  Sprung trucks are the only immediate replacement.  And ususally the replacement is Kadee non-sprung truck, or Accurail, which ever is more convienient at the moment.   Oh, and whatever ring engineering uses for their powered FRED.  I use those on a couple of cars. As far as couplers, I use Sergent Engineering.  They look better and hold up as well as Kadees (same number of coupler failures over time after being subjected to same test conditions).  Also they don't uncouple as often on uneven track or when you have a short car near a long car with a slight rise or dip in the track. I think the topic is sufficiently derailed at this point.
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