Yet another good point... and if I may add to it... Sergent couplers, because of the use of the magnet, are EASIER to uncouple at a distance than Kadee or SHS couplers, because Kadee and SHS couplers require that something be instered INTO the nuckles then twisted to uncouple them. The Sergent couplers, however, only require that the magnet (which can be suspended by a string from the end of a short rod (similar to a fishing pole rig) be suspended ABOVE (without touching) the head of the coupler to attract the small ball inside them. NO PRECISION REQUIRED for that... but you better have a much more steady hand when inserting picks into Kadee and SHS couplers... if you can reach them in the first place.
John Degnan [email protected] [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Pieter To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 08:44 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Update From Sergent 2.0 Hi Ed; Sergent made a device called the "Brakeman", IIRC, that would ride on the car or locomotive pilot as you positioned a car on a out of reach siding and hold the coupler unlocked. Of course many modelers clip the trip pins on Kadee couplers (see the end shot of my MILW car posted earlier). Those will not uncouple beyond reach either. Pieter Roos
