Darn shame, too, that Kadee is so cold toward S.  Oh well... their loss.

But as for a small gear box that will fit in tight spaces (such as SHS F-Units 
and SHS Ore Cars)... ... don't worry, I got that covered.  Design of my "Tight 
Clearance" box is already complete and will be the second in my line of draft 
gear boxes.  Yes, this gear box is designed specifically around the new Sergent 
coupler's design, but Kadee couplers can be adapted to fit it very easily.


John Degnan
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Thompson 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 06:51 AM
  Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Kadee reliability

    Our #00588 and #01295 were based on the Kadee HO #30.  This is a short 
coupler box coupler.  The KD802 coupler box touched the Blomberg truck gearbox, 
so a shorter one was needed.  We begged Larry Edwards (then of Kadee) to make 
these for us in "S" with the same screw spacing as the KD802.  But, he said 
they  made all of the S couplers that they wanted and did not care if we made 
our version.  So we did.  I hope that MTH reintroduces that #01295 couplers as 
we have had many requests for this coupler.
  Don

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