I had an article in the 1/64 Modeling Guide a while back that described how to eliminate the problems of backing passenger trains through complex trackwork. My problem was too much slack in the Kadee couplers I use because passenger switching is part of my operations.
I eliminated the problems with buffers so the cars shove each other directly, rather than through the couplers, which would allow the car ends to snag each other on curves. Bob Nicholson _____________________________________________ --- In [email protected], Billy Click <bclick@...> wrote: > > When building the modules for the Houston S Scalers years ago, I handbuilt a > 3 way switch for the start of the passenger throat but with limited time left > I used Shinohara #6's for the rest of the passenger throat. We had > considerable problems backing passenger trains into the stub terminal. > Finally, years after I left the Houston area I believe that the group has > replaced all of them normal #6's. Bob Werre could verify this. > > Backing long cars through them is not a particularly good idea. > > Billy Click > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
