John,
I am extremely interested in these couplers. Having just converted to S from HO
I will need a lot of these. Thanks for taking the point on this topic.
Daniel E. McConnachie
Head of Music
Stouffville District Secondary School
--- On Sun, 10/12/08, John Degnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: John Degnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: {S-Scale List} REVISITED TOPIC : Sergent Coupler Interest List
> To: [email protected]
> Received: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 12:26 PM
> UPDATE :
>
> I want to thank everyone who has voiced interest in a
> ticket for this train
> ride to see a new, upgraded Sergent Engineering S scale
> coupler produced!
> Quite a few more folks than I expected have come forward to
> support this
> effort. A Excel spreadsheet has been started to log the
> interest; it will
> be sent to Frank Sergent in the next week or two to show
> him the interest
> that S scale has in his coupler. This train is about to
> leave the station,
> so come on aboard now.
>
> Below are some comparison photos showing the difference
> between the old and
> the new Sergent HO couplers and the old S coupler. These
> photos clearly
> show the VAST improvement in look and design of the old and
> the new (The
> old HO version is an IDENTICAL match to the old S version).
> The NEW HO
> version seen in the photos below is what can be expected in
> S if the new
> coupler is produced :
>
> 1. www.trainweb.org/seaboard/MODELS/OldSergentSCoupler.jpg
> This photo shows the OLD S scale Sergent coupler.
>
> 2.
> www.trainweb.org/seaboard/MODELS/OldSergentHOCoupler.jpg
> This photo shows the OLD HO Sergent coupler.
>
> 3.
> www.trainweb.org/seaboard/MODELS/NewSergentHOCoupler.jpg
> This photo shows the NEW HO Sergent coupler. This is
> what the NEW S
> scale Sergent
> will most likely resemble.
>
> 4.
> www.trainweb.org/seaboard/MODELS/NewSergentHOCoupler00.jpg
> This is another photo of the NEW HO coupler.
>
> 5.
> www.trainweb.org/seaboard/MODELS/NewSergentHOCoupler01.jpg
> This is another photo of the NEW HO coupler showing
> its parts
> disassembled to show
> the MUCH improved design. This new design makes
> assembly almost
> foolproof!
> Also shown in this photo is the short-shanked, HO
> steam engine coupler
> from Sergent.
> (Locking ball for nuckles not shown in photo)
>
> If you'd like to get involved and help support the
> project, please contact
> me off-list at my e-mail address below and let me know how
> much support you
> can give us.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> John Degnan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Layin' track toward the FUTURE of S scale.
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