Rossi Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Does anyone else suffer from lost couplings from Bachmann locos? Its probably my fault, trying to run old out of gauge carriages, (which I know will give trouble...but such is nostalgia.) Any slight tug from the old stock or derailment (more often than not) and I find the Bachmann coupling has become detached. Its happened a few times, and so far I've been lucky enough to find it. But, I'm pretty sure that some time the coupling will disappear into some soil or crevice, never to be seen again. What I need to know, is there an easy supply of these from Bachmann, or will Hattons of Liverpool do a spares service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essex2visuvesi Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 It seems to be quite a common occurance with the couplings detatching from the pocket, maybe try a diffrent coupling, the pocket is NEM standard so you could change to ROCO or some other brand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fungus Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Bachmann also sell packets of spares, any bachmann stockist should have or be able to get them. I'm sure you could also get them by mail; try Google or Ebay search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Just to add to this discussion: Most of my stock has the euro style hook and loop, not sure what it's called. My British stuff has the latch that comes down. the little running I've done with my brit stuff it seems more prone to coming apart if anything is bent or poorly aligned. So what are those two types of couplers called? Is there a preferred coupler over those and why? An N scale guy I know through trainboard.com has converted all his N scale British stuff to kadee style couplers. Although they look wrong they aren't any more wrong than the Huge ©Rapido N scale couplers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essex2visuvesi Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 traingeekboy said: Just to add to this discussion: Most of my stock has the euro style hook and loop, not sure what it's called. My British stuff has the latch that comes down. the little running I've done with my brit stuff it seems more prone to coming apart if anything is bent or poorly aligned. So what are those two types of couplers called? Is there a preferred coupler over those and why? An N scale guy I know through trainboard.com has converted all his N scale British stuff to kadee style couplers. Although they look wrong they aren't any more wrong than the Huge ©Rapido N scale couplers. They are called tension lock couplings and are a legacy from the old Triang days The design has been modified slightly over the years But its still basically the same design. Im not keen on this style but its comes as standard on most UK outline stuff so most people just live with it When I was doing German N I used these http://products.eurorailhobbiesa.netdna-cdn.com/Fleischmann/t3_FL-6516.jpg as I found them to be the most reliable Most modern locos and stock now come with NEM pockets so its easy to change to something nicer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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