Hi All, when operating your trains during a session, How do you uncouple the cars?
As I get closer to operating on a somewhat regular basis, I'm trying to decide which is the best method for myself. I can't say I'm overly impressed with the Kadee magnets between the rails. Seems kind of iffy and not overly consistant to me. I purchased one of the RIX hand held uncouplers with the magnets on the sides. Works every time "IF" I get slack in the couplers by nudging one of the cars by hand. Today I noticed somewhere someone used a kind of a pick (sharp and flattened on one end) inserted between the coupler jaws and with a twist of the device, opened the couplers. I have one area that qualifies for maybe an electomagnetic uncoupler to keep the elbows out of the planned scenery. So my friends I am quite interested in " How do you do it?"
Cheers Willis
As I get closer to operating on a somewhat regular basis, I'm trying to decide which is the best method for myself. I can't say I'm overly impressed with the Kadee magnets between the rails. Seems kind of iffy and not overly consistant to me. I purchased one of the RIX hand held uncouplers with the magnets on the sides. Works every time "IF" I get slack in the couplers by nudging one of the cars by hand. Today I noticed somewhere someone used a kind of a pick (sharp and flattened on one end) inserted between the coupler jaws and with a twist of the device, opened the couplers. I have one area that qualifies for maybe an electomagnetic uncoupler to keep the elbows out of the planned scenery. So my friends I am quite interested in " How do you do it?"
Cheers Willis