--- In [email protected], "shabbona_rr" <user141771@...> wrote:
> The outstanding feature of the SHS coupler, at least to me, is the centering
> spring. It tends to absorb the mechanical pulling shock of getting a car in
> motion (even the prototype uses some method of absorbing this shock, when
> backing, the whole car can absorb this shock) which can be beneficial when
> starting or running long trains.
>
I agree. One of the things I enjoyed when riding in cabooses as a kid was the
slack action so modeling it makes the trains seem more alive.
If one is limiting the slack in the coupler care should be taken to not make
it so stiff as to not be able to move backwards when pushing as the
coupler/draft gear interface is designed with a flat to keep the pushing forces
in column. O scale KDs also have this feature but apparently the HO cars are so
light it is not felt necessary as the #5 types just sit on a round post.
Until I get a completed running layout I'm not worried about any
shortcomings of the 802 couplers as they are the least of my
problems....DaveBranum
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