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Video: Demonstration of Sergent HO scale operating couplers
He is a fantastic modeler. You guys should do a layout tour of his entire layout i would love to see the hole thing.
I have thought about getting some Sergent Couplers, but not yet.
Alexander
You need to film it from the top so I can see how it works.
If you buy his books Jeffrey, you’ll learn a bunch and get the info you seek.
I’ll stick with my Kadee couplers!
HOn3 model railroaders should not overlook the couplers offered by Sergent. They look right and eliminate the spring like action of other couplers. Can’t wait to see if the folks at Sergent can engineer their products to N scale.
It is amazing how far model railroading has come from the days when John Allen strived for fine scale standards on his Gorre & Dephetid in the early 50s. Beautiful weathering on the freight cars too Pelle!
Item: Though realistic looking HO scale couplers were available in the 50s (including dummy couplers) John used the proven Baker automatic couplers on the GD Line.
Amazing modeling. I kept waiting for a car to drive by in the foreground. That’s all that was missing.
Neat, can they be purchased in Ontario Canada??
I didn’t see anything special about uncoupling a car. A close up would had helped (previous note.)
Some close ups would have been nice. This video really did show anything.
Kadee is an all American family run business !! Where are these made?
No prices given make it hard to evaluate and compare. I agree I’ll keep my Kadees !!
I always wondered what the little wand was hanging from his fascia in pictures-- Now I know! I might have to look into those couplers myself.
I like my Kadee’s, but these look promising. Appear to be easier to uncouple than Kadees.
I’ve used Kadee’s for years, never had any problema.
Too expensive, Kadee’s still my preference
The video does not really explain HOW these couplers operate. I went to the Sergent Engineering web site, and that, too, does not explain how these operate.
The uncoupling seems a little difficult. I did some checking and found out that the magnet pulls the steel bearing up to unlock the coupler. Could a small magnet that repels be placed on the ties to force the ball up to uncouple when there is a slack between the cars? If not all cars will have to uncoupled manually, bummer
Have read in depth about these before. You do not have to hold
the magnet stick in place as the train moves. These couplers
nicely mimic the real thing! When can we see them in n-scale?
It would have been nice to see more of them and how they function in the video. Google or Bing them for more in depth
info.