The Kadee couplers pages reflect my experiences of fitting this excellent family of couplers to both US and European stock.
I'm sure there'll be some other stuff up here in the fullness of time!
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| A brief digest of a few of the things we've found out as we went along. As it's starting to become more popular to use Digital Command Control (DCC) I'll explain some of my findings and ideas. The Kadee couplers pages reflect my experiences of fitting this excellent family of couplers to both US and European stock. I'm sure there'll be some other stuff up here in the fullness of time! | |||||||||
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| A variety of Kadee couplers on European stock... | |||||||||
| ...and Kadee #58 'scale' couplers on Southern Pacific stock. | |||||||||
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| Fitting DCC decoders is much easier if they've got a socket to plug into. So for handbuilt or older models that means making a new socket. Like these versions of the standard NEM651 and NEM652 sockets. | |||||||||
| Making live-axle wheelsets suitable for 'American' style pick-up. | |||||||||
| Origin or real life as it exists / who does what: This page last updated 04/04/2005. Copyright © Steph Dale 2004,2005. All Rights Reserved. Steph Dale can be contacted through vesm_halleatyahoo.co.uk Don't forget to take out the 'at' and replace with an '@' in the email address. Sorry for the inconvenience but it should help cut out a load of spam... |