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    The newer magnets... —Matthew J. Chiles
   Since I see people around here I better join in! And I figure you should never be afriad to ask a "newbie" question, since who wants to spend all day searching old forums, and if I want to know there may be others... I haven't purchased any new (...) (13 years ago, 19-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: The newer magnets... —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
     (...) Hi Matt, welcome (back) in the zombie group.... :-) I have just tested a couple of waggons (10 new + 5 old to be exactely) for magnet power: when pulling apart a train of waggons equipped with different magnet systems I find no clear answer: (...) (13 years ago, 19-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: The newer magnets... —Chris Gray
      (...) A couple of our NALUG members have used some small rare earth magnets that they bought. You put one between the regular LEGO couplers and they make the join much stronger. Both of them like long trains, and both build detailed (and heavy) (...) (13 years ago, 19-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: The newer magnets... —Benn Coifman
     (...) That's the biggest problem with the new magnets, the buffers are integrated. It would have been so much more versatile if the cross bar had studs where the buffers go and then the actual round buffer be a separate part, e.g., (URL) (13 years ago, 29-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
    
         Re: The newer magnets... —Cale Leiphart
     (...) American trains (my preferred subject to model) don't have buffers. This is the reason I'll be sticking to the old couplers for the foreseeable future. At least until Big Ben Bricks, ME Models, or some one else comes out with a suitable (...) (13 years ago, 12-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
   
        Re: The newer magnets... // "Photos or it didn't happen." —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
   (...) Getting back on a very old topic ("since we all know that a picture is worth a thousand of words" - "Photos or it didn't happen."): (2 URLs) Hope you enjoy (despite of destroying LEGO parts) + Leg Godt! (URL) See more pictures of my models at (...) (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
   
        Re: The newer magnets... // "Photos or it didn't happen." —Matthew J. Chiles
   (...) Thanks for showing off the "guts". I had a chance to try out the new magnets last weekend at the alleged train show in Portland with my Maersk train pulling about 5 cars on the layout. In real life, on a 45 degree "S" curve after a wide 90 (...) (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 

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