Bob, A rare-earth magnet will do the trick. Small, yet extremely powerful.
http://www.amazingmagnets.com/ http://www.gardenmetalmodels.com/magnets/Totally%20Hidden%20Uncoupler%20Review%20MRN%200907.pdf - Peter On 07/26/2011 12:56 pm, Bob Werre wrote: > With that in mind, I need to rig up a car that I can attach a magnet to > the floor to pick up such things. I'm not sure if a typical Kadee will > work or I do own a medical grade ceramic horseshoe style that I might be > able to fasten to the opening of my RR well hole car. Who knows what > vast treasures I might find in tunnels covered over twenty years ago! > > Bob Werre > -- Peter Vanvliet ([email protected], or [email protected]) Houston, Texas "It is easy to give up; anyone can do that..." http://pmrr.org/ (my model railroad - RSS feed <http://pmrr.org/rss.xml>) http://fourthray.com/ (my company) http://houstonsgaugers.org/ (model railroad club) -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
