Stevelewis Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Has anyone used Peco's recently released loop & peg ( as a spare) on other than the small slate wagons? Reason for query is that having finally completed a continuous run on my 009 shed layout, I have finally got to run some longish trains of Peco L&B rolling stock accumulated over 4 years! I noticed that I was getting random phantom uncoupling of the vehicles, I was coming to the conclusion that Pecos couplings as fitted are rather on the light weight side compared to other manufacturers and the loops tend to bounce a little and thus uncouple. I have modelled 009 for many years and never had any real problems with couplings on Bemo, Roco, Liliput stock etc with their heavier metal loops. In order tto test the layout's track I did run non Peco stock and did not have any problems. So I was thinking that as many of the vehicles will run in fixed rakes anyway I would try permanent coupling with peg & loops . I do not have any tight radii on the layout min rad approx. 350mm , 450mm points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffiths Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I am having the same problem with the Peco 009 L&B carriages - could small undulations in the track underlay be the cause? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cnw6847 Posted January 11, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) I have use the peg and loop couplings on a rake of four of the Peco GVT coaches that I've repainted. They ran fine on the layout except for one very sharp curved piece of track in the hidden sidings which I need to look at. I have used Greenwich couplings on the outer ends and the other stock on the layout. IMG_9683 by Richard Doe, on Flickr Edited January 11, 2018 by cnw6847 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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