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Morning All,
I seem to be having an issue with "coupler compatibility" between my Kato (N Scale) engines and almost everything that isn't Kato, especially Athearn rolling stock.
What I am finding is the Kato Engines don't like mating with anything other than Kato Rolling stock. From what I have seen and am experiencing, the Kato Couplers have a "wider opening" (if that is the right description) while the other couplers seem to have less of a gap. As such, they don't seem to want to stay "connected" to each other, especially on the curves moving in a clockwise direction. Going anti clockwise doesn't cause a problem.
I think my Kato engines/rolling stock have "magnetic couplers" while my other rolling stock (Micro Trains and Athearn) have "normal couplers. Is it possible that the two types don't like each other?
I seem to be having an issue with "coupler compatibility" between my Kato (N Scale) engines and almost everything that isn't Kato, especially Athearn rolling stock.
What I am finding is the Kato Engines don't like mating with anything other than Kato Rolling stock. From what I have seen and am experiencing, the Kato Couplers have a "wider opening" (if that is the right description) while the other couplers seem to have less of a gap. As such, they don't seem to want to stay "connected" to each other, especially on the curves moving in a clockwise direction. Going anti clockwise doesn't cause a problem.
I think my Kato engines/rolling stock have "magnetic couplers" while my other rolling stock (Micro Trains and Athearn) have "normal couplers. Is it possible that the two types don't like each other?