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Couplings and magnets


Will Vale

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I'm afraid things have been a bit stagnant on Whitemarsh, although I did build an unusual micro layout for exhibition at the end of last year so I haven't been completely idle. The problem which is stalling progress on the UK stuff is that I need to decide on a coupling system, or more crucially an uncoupling system, before I ballast the track. I think what I want is the Kirby coupling, but I have track laid on cork already and don't want to dig it out. I'm thinking about getting some Neodymium magnets to fit between the sleepers - I have a styrofoam board so putting them under the trackbed isn't an option. Once that's done, hopefully work can continue.

 

I must admit I'm also musing about ordering a teddy bear from Hattons, since a preserved example was the first pilot at Whitemoor during the earlier stages of the reconstruction. I received its replacement (a Cotswold 08) for Christmas, but I like the idea of having the green diesel to upset people with when it's parked next to a class 66: "Silly fool, you've gone and mixed your eras!"

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