Hey, Ed - What were the results of your Whiz Quiz over that turntable/pilot 
truck incident?

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--- In [email protected], "Ed" <Loizeaux@...> wrote:
>
> > I worry about all these modelers who get hung up about 
> > couplling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > John Armstrong
> 
> The interesting part is that folks can endlessly discuss unhappiness with a 
> tiny fraction of an inch on the couplers, but be totally satisfied running 
> shorty passenger cars or operating steam locomotives with a drawbar that is 
> way too long or having spike heads the size of grapefruits.  
> 
> Gathering range issues can be solved by placing small washers on axle ends to 
> remove excessive sideslop found in many older S trucks.  Breaking an 
> all-metal KD#5 tells me the engineer needs education in train handling.  
> Having pulled 97 cars up a grade without any problems tells me it isn't the 
> coupler at fault.  Problems with easy solutions should not be viewed as a 
> reason to select one coupler or another.  Just fix the problem and then make 
> the coupler decision afterwards.
> 
> I guess it is all a matter of perspective.  In the end, I suspect personal 
> taste and familiarity is what makes the decision for most of us.  I am happy 
> with my choice and I hope everyone else is happy with theirs.   
> 
> Happier than a human ought to be.......Ed Loizeaux
>




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