electro magnet? make, model, where to buy?

I've made the Kadee underfloor magnets movable.  This way I can uncouple and move the magnet out off the way. Then you can without back and forth moving couple.

And I've used the underfloor magnets without steel plate at my class tracks. This way I can uncouple and easily couple.

Wolfgang

Interesting. I knew there had to be a nice way of doing it.

Irv

For my clients who wanted to use uncoupling magnets, I've found this .pdf from the Kadee site a good start in understanding how to place magnets in a delayed uncoupling application. (Kind of a neat "retro" feeling to the format of the piece, too.)

http://www.kadee.com/html/delay.pdf

Joe,

It's an interesting question.  But, as an nscaler, I still sturggle with something more basic - why use magnetic uncoupling ramps at all?  I've had great success with Rix Picx and good old fashioned bamboo skewers - yes, you do have to pay attention so as not to derail the train, but you can uncouple anywhere you want to, so long as your arm can reach.  Why do anything else?

you could take it a step further - why use Kadee type couplers at all?

One other point of consideration - metal wheel sets, if magnetic, can pull the cars apart as they go over an uncoupler, even if not intended.

The best place for ramps is in the drawer. They are a needless hassle for any layout properly designed to allow a comfortable reach-in distance and the use of skewers for uncoupling..

Chris

why use Kadee type couplers at all?

Because they work great is reason enough for me. Oh, yeah, and a lot of N scale models come with them already installed.

Scarpia always pushing those sergents..

Definitely a different story in N where MicroTrains has imitators with varying degrees of compatibility but no competing products that are truly different. One thing I love about the microtrains style of coupler is how easy they pop open with a skewer. HO couplers seem to require more maintenance to keep them from grabbing the skewer.. If I was in HO I would seriously consider Sergents..

Chris

I don't to migrate this topic off of Joe's question, but I found myself in HO getting very frustrated with the Kadees and compatibles - especially with uncoupling. I had a hard time gettting consistant disconnects over buried and above track magnets, a fair amount of unwanted uncoupling, and had (still do actually) a harder time uncoupleing without derailing by hand.

I've tried skewers, tools, and RIx uncouplers, and while I'll happily admit it's probably me, I've had much better restults by not using the Kadee style. And no, I'm not using horn hook.