We use Kadees throughout - partly to improve inter-vehicle spacing and partly for ease of uncoupling. For the latter we started with magnets underneath the track. They certainly uncouple a treat - draw the vehicles over stop, ease couplings by setting back a fraction, and then away you do - either leaving the vehicle there or (preferably) propelling away into a siding. Unfortunately on lightly loaded wagons there is a tendency to uncouple when you do not want them to, and we are progressively changing to electromagnets underneath the track - harder to fit because you need a hole and more clearance - but really work a treat. Kadees do need to be very carefully set up so worth buying their height gauge and checking what you buy. But if someone has gone to the (sometimes not inconsiderable) trouble of fitting Kadees and they've done it right (use the gauge) you'll save yourself much work.
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We use Kadees throughout - partly to improve inter-vehicle spacing and partly for ease of uncoupling. For the latter we started with magnets underneath the track. They certainly uncouple a treat - draw the vehicles over stop, ease couplings by setting back a fraction, and then away you do - either leaving the vehicle there or (preferably) propelling away into a siding. Unfortunately on lightly loaded wagons there is a tendency to uncouple when you do not want them to, and we are progressively changing to electromagnets underneath the track - harder to fit because you need a hole and more clearance - but really work a treat. Kadees do need to be very carefully set up so worth buying their height gauge and checking what you buy. But if someone has gone to the (sometimes not inconsiderable) trouble of fitting Kadees and they've done it right (use the gauge) you'll save yourself much work.