> if they work so
> well why don't we do that to all cars all the time?
Probably because the reverse trip pin couplers were not invented until decades
after the original trip pin couplers became commercially available. Just a
habit more than anything, I would suppose. The original trip pins do have a
better appearance and look more like connected air hoses.
> After all if you
> only select a couple of cars, it will seriously hamper operations
> wouldn't it?
> Bob Werre
If someone was serious about coupling and uncoupling to the front of an A-unit
diesel or the front of a steam locomotive, he does not have many alternatives.
One other choice is to use a v-e-r-y l-o-n-g coupler shank on the front of the
loco. It looks terrible, but it would work. Most op sessions (around here
anyway) are carefully orchestrated so that freight cars are "blocked" according
to destination and switched according to the car cards and other paperwork. So
it is not necessary for every car to be coupled to the A-unit's front end.
Just a few cars here and there will suffice. Modern diesels and road
switchers, etc. would not need a reverse trip-pin coupler at all. Maybe just
the baggage car for passenger trains. And so forth. Cheers...Ed L.
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