I've been playing again.
Trouble with wagon couplings kept me busy, first identifying what I thought was the problem, then trying various 'fixes'.
I was having some wagons that wouldn't couple up well, others that came adrift when passing over pointwork. Several
different makes, Dapol, Bachmann & a few Hornby, they presented More than one problem. Some were 'high', others
particularly Dapol sit low.
Failing to couple up without ramming them was mostly Dapol where the NEM coupling sat slanting down because of slack
in the pocket fixing. These were all tightened up by sanding a few thousandth of an inch off the threaded bush so when
the small screw was tightened it held the pocket without any sag. The other Dapol problem was their weathered wagons
where paint had tightened the hook location and left a grippy surface on the hook edge that should slide over a coupling.
A little lube on the location pin and then cleaning off the hook has almost cracked that.
Bachmann fuel tanks had the couplings rising and to solve this a small shred of paper was fitted under the very front of
the screw on block that holds the NEM pocket.
Proof of the modifications ........ A couple more videos with a split chass Bachmann 04 pulling a short goods out, then
another with the 0-4-0 Hornby 06 pushing a somewhat longer goods into the sidings.
http://youtu.be/AdVWus9cwEEhttp://youtu.be/RvogTY5kfl4Rather like watching paint dry, but I hate seeing small locomotives running at racing speeds in and around sidings. These
few wagons seem to be O.K, now for the other 200 .......
Geoff T.