gaffney@adobe.UUCP (John Gaffney) (12/17/85)
Does anyone out there have experience with Roco's close-coupling system? I collect both Marklin and Roco HO guage passenger trains and am considering coverting their Marklin-standard couplers to Roco's close-coupler, which allows a buffer-to-buffer connection on straight track. The retrofit is supposed to be easy with Roco's trains, but I don't know what would be involved converting Marklin's. John Gaffney ...!glacier!adobe!gaffney ...!decwrl!adobe!gaffney
jar@siemens.UUCP (12/18/85)
First of all I have know experience but some interesting information: Marklin will bring a close-coupling system in 1986 they already showed it at the last fair in Nuremberg in February. There is a small company in Germany which produces some plastic parts to glue under the cars which will accept the 'heads' of the Roco close-coupling system. A friend of mine used it and told me sometimes it is easy sometimes more difficult depending on the car and its manufacturer. There are several companies in Germany which have a uniform mounting system for the coupling-heads: Fleischmann, Roco and Lilliput. Others will follow to this (i think) european standart, but one never knows about Marklin. It's up to the user whether he/she uses close-coupling heads of Roco or the new close-coupling-system of Fleischmann or the standart Marklin-type or whatever. Juergen A. Reimann Research & Technologie Lab. Siemens 105 College Road East Princeton NJ 08540 (609) 734-6527 ihnp4!adrvax!siemens!jar