Ryteker

Victor, I’m not sure if this thread is still ‘live’, but found it during looking for 009 uncoupling etc. I built an ‘00’ version of inglenook sidings some time ago, and came across a few issues that needed to be addressed with regard to coupling/uncoupling that may help. (I’m looking to do a smaller 4’ x 2’ layout in ‘009’) starting very soon, and, being interested in shunting, plan to incorporate both an Inglenook-Sidings and a ‘Timesaver’ shunting area into it, again with some sort of coupling/uncoupling etc. loco/wagon detection, automation and running under ‘DCC’ .... well that’s the hope/plan The coupling was an issue as whenever a loco approached the wagons, (particularly a single wagon) it had a tendency to push it away, rather than coupling, I overcame this by use of ‘neo’ magnets, a small ‘disk’ one glued to the underside of every wagon, and a larger, more powerful one underneath the base board that could be adjusted to ensure correct positioning for both coupling and uncoupling. This ‘held’ the wagons in place whilst the loco coupled to it. The uncoupling was done by micro servo’s fitted under the baseboard operating to raise when required. There were other ‘facilities’ on the layout that I won’t go into here in case it is not a ‘live’ subject. I do have an extensive record of ‘the build’ (somewhere) which I can post if anyone is interested. This is a link to a YouTube video of it being ‘solved’ by a young visitor at an exhibition about 3 Year’s ago if anyone is interested. Cheers Roy