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Hello all, If you guys are like me, you are a bit frustrated with the practice of uncoupling train cars by grabbing one car in each hand and pulling them apart. Model railroaders call that the HOG [1] switcher. It is certainly unprototypical. While (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The philosophy of manual uncoupling
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(...) Thanks Rick - the best ideas are always this simple. Automatic (remote) uncoupling can be effected by a trackside mechanism or an on-loco mechanism. There have been one or two AFOL-created designs for the trackside mechanism however I've never (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The philosophy of manual uncoupling
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(...) Jonathan, I tried this system a few years ago (1999-2000). I don't know if I ever posted pics but I tried two systems. One used a moter to push a 1x16 brick out the back of the engine. I used gear racks to move the plunger. I also tried this (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The philosophy of manual uncoupling
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(...) Encouraging words, Christopher. Did it actually work (magnets are quite strong!)? How did you provide power? 8w would of course make it easier to conceal within the loco body but I still think the only real benefit would be with remote or (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, it worked quite well. I remember that it is best to have the plunger hit the base of the car just above the magnet to work reliably (also works with the widest diversity of cars). I think all of my test were "bench tests" so I was using a (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This could be made to fit in a 6-wide: (URL) sure how you'd disguise the IR receiver though (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains)
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